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Across
  1. 2. An area where tectonic plates move sideways past each other
  2. 3. Zone of leaching of metals and nutrients occurs in some soils beneath
  3. 8. Igneous rock that forms when magma rises up and cools in a place underground
  4. 11. An area where plates move toward one another and collide
  5. 13. The loss of some or all of a soil’s ability to support plant growth
  6. 15. The proportion of soil bases to soil acids expressed as a percentage
  7. 16. Rock that forms when magma cools above the surface of Earth
  8. 23. Unwanted waste material created during mining
  9. 24. outermost layer of Earth including the mantle and crust
  10. 25. Organic matter in various stages of decomposition
  11. 26. Molten rock
  12. 30. sum of the processes that build up and break down the lithosphere
  13. 31. The breakdown of rocks and minerals by chemical reactions the dissolving of chemical elements from rocks or both acid precipitation
  14. 33. frequency and intensity of earthquakes experienced over time
  15. 34. any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter
  16. 35. The sudden movement of Earth’s crust caused by a release of potential energy along a geologic fault and usually causing a vibration or trembling at Earth’s surface
  17. 38. gravels are compressed by overlying sediments
  18. 39. The rock material from which the inorganic components of a soil are derived
  19. 42. fracture in rock caused by a movement of Earth’s crust
  20. 43. geologic cycle of rocks
  21. 45. movement of the plates
  22. 46. removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore
Down
  1. 1. layer of Earth located in the outer part of the mantle
  2. 4. large expanse of rock where a fault has occurred
  3. 5. Zone of accumulation of metals and nutrients
  4. 6. Least- weathered portion of the soil profile
  5. 7. the chemically distinct outermost layer of the lithosphere
  6. 9. a crack that occurs in rock as it cools
  7. 10. A horizontal layer in a soil defined by distinctive physical features such as texture and color.
  8. 12. formed directly from magma
  9. 14. An area beneath the ocean where tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. 17. formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth’s mantle to the surface
  11. 18. The mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals
  12. 19. theory that the lithosphere of Earth is divided into plates
  13. 20. exact point on the surface of Earth directly above the location where rock ruptures during an earthquake
  14. 21. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere
  15. 22. process of one crustal plate passing under another
  16. 26. layer of Earth above the core
  17. 27. vent in the surface of Earth that emits ash, gases, or molten lava
  18. 28. mantle causes oceanic plates to spread apart as new rock rises to the surface at spreading zones
  19. 29. A concentrated accumulation of minerals from which economically valuable materials can be extracted
  20. 32. scale that measures the largest ground movement that occurs during an earthquake
  21. 36. a place where molten material from Earth’s mantle reaches the lithosphere
  22. 37. The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem
  23. 40. Zone of overlying organic material mixed with underlying mineral material
  24. 41. zone of Earth’s interior
  25. 44. subjected to high temperature and pressure