Earth Science chapter 15 vocab and more.

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Across
  1. 2. Formed when water is involved in the weathering of minerals such as feldspar.
  2. 4. particles of dust.
  3. 5. this is made up of particles that measure 0.002 to 0.05 mm in diameter
  4. 7. the dark organic material in soil produced by the decay of plant and animal matter.
  5. 9. charged element or molecule.
  6. 10. the portion of Earth's surface that consists of organic matter, sediment, air and water.
  7. 11. permanently frozen soil located from 25 to about 100 centimeters below Earth's surface.
  8. 12. a process by which water dissolves substances and causes them to be removed from one location to another
  9. 13. helps plants make proteins.
Down
  1. 1. weather particles of quartz and feldspar that measure up to 2mm.
  2. 3. a process that breaks rocks and minerals into soil
  3. 6. a material rich in nutrients and that retains water.
  4. 8. cross section that shows the different layers of soil in the ground.