6th Chapter 2 Vocab. Words

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Across
  1. 3. the pile of sediment deposited by a glacier as it melts and recedes
  2. 6. a weak acid formed from water and carbon dioxide
  3. 7. the action of the wind blowing and picking up loose sediment and carrying it away
  4. 11. the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample
  5. 12. small particles produced by the weathering of rocks
  6. 13. the action of a glacier pulling a huge piece of bedrock loose as the glacier slides down a mountain
  7. 14. the process of breaking down rocks
  8. 16. erosion that occurs where gravity is the primary factor
  9. 18. the dropping of sediment and rocks in a new location by gravity, wind, water, or ice
  10. 19. storm caused by wind blowing small, loose particles high into the air
Down
  1. 1. the part of soil that contains decayed plant and animal matter
  2. 2. soil consisting of equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay
  3. 4. the moving of bits of weathered material from one place to another
  4. 5. a scientist who studies soil
  5. 7. the area at the mouth of a river where sediment is deposited
  6. 8. the sediment that a stream carries
  7. 9. a huge river of ice that slowly moves downhill and formed where layers of unmelted snow compact into ice
  8. 10. a cave formation that hands from the ceiling of a cave and made from the dripping of dissolved calcite
  9. 15. a storm caused by wind blowing sand particles along the ground
  10. 17. a cave formation that builds on the floor of a cave and made from the dripping of dissolved calcite