Chapters 7&8

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Across
  1. 4. accumulation zone
  2. 11. a layer of broken unconsolidated rock fragments
  3. 12. reaction with O2
  4. 14. study of rocks
  5. 15. nutrient-rich soil layer
  6. 16. molten rock
  7. 19. fertile land becomes desert land
  8. 22. describes the transformation of existing rock
  9. 23. soil type found in dry or semi-arid climates
  10. 25. when a rock goes through chemical change
  11. 26. plowing; increases soil erosion
  12. 27. soggiest soil type found in tropical and sub-tropical climates
  13. 30. structure of Earth's crust
  14. 32. caused by salt crystal growth
  15. 34. takes place after materials are deposited
  16. 35. reaction with H2O
  17. 37. leaching zone
  18. 38. a release of internal rock pressure from erosion and outer rock layers fall off
  19. 40. draining away of water
Down
  1. 1. some weathering of bedrock
  2. 2. individual band with its own specific characteristics
  3. 3. decomposition
  4. 5. rock that changed due to heat or pressure
  5. 6. how geologist describe rock textures
  6. 7. soil type found in wetter enviornments
  7. 8. Layering a horizontal layer of material
  8. 9. a change in a rock; not chemical
  9. 10. as more sediments pile up,weight and pressure increase
  10. 13. when rocks are carried to a certain place or weathered
  11. 17. compaction,cementation, recrystallization, and chemical changes
  12. 18. rock unit
  13. 20. a layer parallel to soil surface
  14. 21. similar to strip farming but the land is shaped as well
  15. 24. mapping of land contours and physical features of an area
  16. 28. wear away the structure of something
  17. 29. wood chips, manure, straw, leaves and decomposed organic matter
  18. 31. loosed particulate matter such as clay, gravel, sand etc .
  19. 33. another word for clastic
  20. 36. visual study of rocks
  21. 39. from lava or magma