Earth's Spheres/Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition

4. The process of physically breaking down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces (like animals scratching it or when water freezes in cracks of the rock causing the cracks to expand.
6. The breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms
8. The sphere that contains life/living things
11. reacts with the mineral grains in rocks and as a result will cause new minerals to form, such as clay and soluble salts.
12. The sphere that contains air & gases
14. Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
16. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion

1. The chemical breakdown of rock. During which new materials are made when the rock comes into contact with either air or water.
2. A loop in which a signal or action triggers another signal or action
3. The process in which sediment/dirt is laid down in new locations
5. The sphere that contains ice
7. The sphere that contains dirt & rocks, minerals, dirt/soil that is non-living
9. A group of parts that work together as a whole
10. The sphere that contains water
13. the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location
15. The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure