Weathering and Erosion

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (plural) (6)
  2. 4. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid (8)
  3. 9. Huge body of salt water (plural) (6)
  4. 10. A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to ___ (10)
  5. 12. To face and withstand with courage (10)
  6. 14. A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body (5)
  7. 15. A bend or curve, as in a stream or river (7)
  8. 16. The layer of soil on the surface (7)

Down

  1. 1. Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil (7)
  2. 3. The process of oxidizing (9)
  3. 5. A slowly moving mass of ice (7)
  4. 6. Relating to or governed by or in accordance with ___ (10)
  5. 7. A noisemaker that makes a loud noise when you blow through it (4)
  6. 8. Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier (7)
  7. 11. Sandy shore beside the sea (plural) (7)
  8. 13. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)