textbook vocab Crossword

block of material moves downward off of a curved surface
slowest mass movement, moves a few cm max each year
flows of mud that move quickly
segments of bedrock on a slide
when rock and soil transfer down slope due to gravity
a vertical section through all of the soils horizons
part of the regolith in which supports the plants, it is a combination of organic and mineral matter
layer of mineral fragments and rock, produced by weathering
the changing of a rock into one or more new compounds
weathering caused by decreasing pressure on a rocks surface, slabs of outer rock breaks off into layers
typically form at the base of steep, rocky cliffs. sections of rocks that are wedged and many fall into larger piles
caused by the expansion of freezing water in cracks of a rock which eventually cause a breakup
when a physical force breaks a rock into smaller bits without damaging the rocks mineral composition