Erosion Vocab Crossword
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Down:
1) The breaking apart of rocks ino smaller pieces by forces, such as wind, water, and ice.2) A scientist who studies rocks and Earth's crust.4) Precipitation that flows across the land's surface and falls into rivers, streams, or other bodies of water.5) A large, very slow moving, body of ice.8) Found at the mouth of the river, where sediment is deposited (fan shaped.) |
Across:
3) A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, formed by erosion.6) The picking up and carrying away bits of eroded rock by wind, water, ice, and gravity.7) A deep valley with steep sides formed by erosion.8) The dropping off, and depositing, of pieces of eroded rock.9) Pieces of material, like small rocks, sand, and dirt, that are carried and deposited by wind or water. |
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