Peyton
Across
- 4. wedging wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks
- 5. iron combined with oxygen in the presence of
- 6. weathering this type of weathering is rock being physically broken down into smaller pieces
- 10. it removes rock particles by wind,gravity and ice.
- 11. this process breaks down rock and other substances
- 12. growth as roots grow from the plants they force the cracks further apart
Down
- 1. dioxide dissolves in rain water
- 2. refers to the grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by ice wind or gravity
- 3. means that a material is full of tiny connected spaces that water passes through
- 7. weathering breaks down rock through chemical changes
- 8. the average condition in an area
- 9. is a chemical compound composed of hydrogen atoms