CH2 WEATHERING AND EROSION
Across
- 5. the sediment that a stream carries
- 6. the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample
- 7. this weathering changes rocks into new substances
- 10. the process of breaking down rocks
- 13. a person who likes to explore caves
- 15. forms when unmelted snow gets compacted down into ice
- 16. a cave formation that builds on the floor of a cave
- 17. layers of soil
- 18. the dropping of sediment and rocks in a new location
- 19. contains weathered minerals and some nutrients from the humus
- 21. a fertile soil that has equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay
Down
- 1. produced when carbon dioxide dissolves in water
- 2. a cave formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave
- 3. the process of rock changing from one type to another
- 4. small particles of weathered rocks and minerals
- 8. the process of wind picking up loose sediment and carrying it away
- 9. decayed organic material found in soil
- 11. occurs whenever rocks rub against each other
- 12. the primary force behind erosion
- 14. scientist who studies soil
- 18. an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
- 19. the largest kind of particle in soil
- 20. unweathered rock that influences the soil above it