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Weathering/Erosion/Deposition

Across
Weathering has no ________, but erosion does.
One cause of chemical weathering , can melt limestone away.
The moving of broken down earth materials
Example of mechanical weathering when water gets into a rock then freezes; cracking open the rock from the inside.
The placing of eroded materials somewhere else.
Weathering erosion, and deposition takes a very very very long _________.
One form of chemical weathering, is responsible for the rusting of metals.
Down
________ weathering changes the composition of the rock
As water in rivers slowly erodes away the bedrock beneath it the river will get deeper and deeper until the river can eventually form a _______.
Example of mechanical weathering. Water or wind can cause this over many thousands of years.
The breaking down/wearing away of earth materials.
With extreme weather changes some rocks can break off in sheets.
Plant roots and animals can do this, which can break rocks from under ground.
_______ weathering physically breaks earth materials into smaller pieces.