Earth Science and Soils

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Across
  1. 1. four soil forming factors
  2. 5. breaking down of rock
  3. 7. divided into tectonic plates
  4. 9. young, thin areas of oceanic crust
  5. 10. decomposed organic material
  6. 11. strong winds in the tropics
  7. 13. air moving from west to east in the temperate zone (30-60 degrees latitude)
  8. 14. oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate
  9. 17. plates slamming together
  10. 18. air moves from the poles down to 60 degrees latitude
  11. 19. algae blooms in water from fertilizer
Down
  1. 2. plates sliding past each other
  2. 3. ability of water to move through the soil
  3. 4. thin layer of gases held to us by gravity
  4. 6. reduces soil quality by wind and water
  5. 8. pattern of how new ecosystems are formed
  6. 12. solar radiation or heat from the sun
  7. 15. plates pulling apart from each other
  8. 16. nutrient holding capacity