Water and Mass Movement Erosion Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: gravity : responsible for erosion of flowing water and glaciers, sediment : small pieces of matter produced by weathering, glacier : a large accumulation of ice, rock, snow that begins on land and moves down a slope, alluvial fan : type of deposition where wide sloping deposits formed where a stream leaves a steep, narrow mountain valley range, delta : where sediments are deposited from a river going to the ocean/lake, flood plain : have rich, fertile soil that is good for farming, landslide : rock and soil slide quickly down steep slopes , mud flow : a mixture of water (as much as 60% of the flow), rock & soil moves rapidly downhill, slump : occurs when one huge mass falls together, creep : very slow movement, runoff : water moving over land downhill, picking and carrying sediment as it moves, rills : tiny grooves in soil, gullies : larger grooves in the soil, tributary : stream or river that flows into a bigger river, meanders : are loop like bends in the course of a river, oxbow lake : forms from a meander that has broken off from the river, river : large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another stream, stream : a channel of water that normally doesn’t dry up, groundwater : water soaks into the ground and filling up openings in the soil and seeping into cracks and spaces of rocks.