Erosion Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• delta : sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake and builds up a landform.
• deposition : occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment.
• erosion : the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
• meander : a loop-like bend in the course of a river.
• creep : the very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.
• weathering : the process on earth that breaks down rock.
• barrier beach : similar to a sand bar, storms deposit large piles of sediment, building it up above sea level and forming a long narrow island parallel to the shore.
• beach : an area of wave-washed sediment along a coast.
• sediment : the material moved by erosion.
• landslide : rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope; the most destructive kind of mass movement.
• mass movement : any one of several processes that move sediment downhill.
• loess : fine, wind-deposited sediment.
• slump : a mass of rock and soil that has suddenly slipped down a slope.
• river : a continually flowing body of water formed as streams join together.
• abrasion : sediment carried by wind that polishes rock when it hits it.
• glacier : any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
• sand dune : a deposit of wind-blown sand.
• mud flow : the rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.
• deflation : the process by which wind removes surface materials.
• runoff : water that moves over earth's surface.