Erosion and Deposition Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• glacial drift : materials carried and deposited by a glacier
• alpine : this glacier is formed in mountainous regions
• desert pavement : surface made up mostly of pebbles and small, broken rock
• mass movement : shifting of materials
• abrasion : grinding and wearing down of rock surfaces by other rock or sand
• continental : these glaciers are thick sheets of ice that may spread over large areas
• loess : fine-grained sediments deposited by wind
• horn : sharp pyramid peaks that form when several arrestees join at top of mountain
• construction : cause of landslide
• arete : jagged ridges formed between two or more cirques
• glacier : large mass of moving ice
• lahars : mud-flows of volcanic origin
• gravity : causes glaciers to move
• earthquake : cause of a landslide
• cirques : bowl-shaped depressions where glacial ice cuts back into mountain walls
• rapidly : how most mass movements occur
• landslide : sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of material downslope
• mud flow : movement of large mass of mud
• deforestation : cause of landslide
• dunes : mounds of wind-deposited sand
• deflation : removal of fine sediment by wind
• rockfall : loose rocks fall down a steep slope
• creep : extremely slow movement of material down slope