Earth Science and Soils

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Across
  1. 2. type of weathering that includes bacteria or other small living things breaking down rock
  2. 3. type of weathering that includes something that dissolves or weakens the minerals holding the rock particles together
  3. 7. plates pulling away from eachother
  4. 8. a process that creates humus
  5. 9. younger, thinner crust
  6. 10. plates sliding past eachother
  7. 12. four soil forming factors
  8. 13. loss of topsoil by wind or water
  9. 14. type of weathering that includes manually breaking apart rock
Down
  1. 1. considered the best soil for farming
  2. 4. rising and sinking magma in the mantle
  3. 5. algae blooms in water from fertilizer
  4. 6. older, thicker crust
  5. 11. area behind mountain ranges in which deserts form
  6. 15. plates slamming together