BJU Science 6 Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 2. Sediment that a stream carries
  2. 5. Equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay
  3. 8. Formations that "grow" up from the ground as a result of the dropping of dissolved calcite
  4. 11. movement When gravity is the primary force that moves rocks and sediment
  5. 12. breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
  6. 14. Sand moving as the wind bounces it along
  7. 16. When wind, water, or ice drops sediment and rocks in a new location
  8. 18. When weathered material moves from one location to another
  9. 19. When a glacier pulls a huge piece of bedrock loose and carries it along
Down
  1. 1. When the wind blows picks up sediment and carries it away
  2. 3. Small particles along with water air and decayed organic material that make up the soil
  3. 4. Formations that hang from the ceiling and look like icicles
  4. 6. acid A mixture of carbon dioxide and water
  5. 7. An area of sediment at the mouth of a river
  6. 9. storm When the wind blows small, loose particles such as clay and silt
  7. 10. These form where snow that has fallen in the winter does not completely melt in the summer
  8. 13. Weathering produces small particles called_______________
  9. 14. Loose material at the surface of the earth
  10. 15. The amount of each kind of particle in the soil sample
  11. 17. Scientists who study the soil