Natural Resources

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Across
  1. 4. the process by which commercially valuable resources are removed from Earth
  2. 6. the amount of pore space in a material
  3. 7. to greatly reduce the amount of something
  4. 8. deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for a profit
  5. 10. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater
  6. 11. a supply of something that is stored so it can be used later
  7. 12. loose, weathered material in which plants grow
Down
  1. 1. the measure of water's ability to flow through sediment and rock
  2. 2. a substance formed naturally in Earth, such as gold
  3. 3. the shape and steepness of the landscape
  4. 5. not allowing something (like water or gas) to pass through
  5. 9. this type of zone is an area where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another