CH2 WEATHERING AND EROSION

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