rocks mineral and soil

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Across
  1. 1. large granular size,does not hold water well,light in color
  2. 3. formed by melting and cooling rock
  3. 6. orange in colorfrom minerals,holds a lot of water,because of the tiny grain size
  4. 9. a material that was once living or formed by living things
  5. 10. process in which the earths surface is carried away
  6. 12. a solid object that is formed in nature and have never been alive
  7. 15. size,shape,texture,color,luster,hardness,streak
  8. 16. tool used to measure the hardness of mineral
  9. 19. sometimes the streak of the mineral is the same colors the mineral
  10. 20. a naturally formed solid made of grains of one or more mineral
  11. 21. process that breaks down earths surface
Down
  1. 1. test: helps determine the color of mineral
  2. 2. a mixture of small rocks,sand,minerals and sand
  3. 4. rocks formed by sediments that formed layers and become cemented together by pressure,most likely contains fossils
  4. 5. how light reflects of a mineral
  5. 7. a kind of soil with clay,humus,silt and sand,great for growing plants,dark color
  6. 8. how something feels
  7. 11. layer of soil below the topsoil
  8. 13. contains a lot of humus and minerals,topsoil
  9. 14. rocks formed by heat and pressure,does not contain fossils often because of heat and pressure
  10. 17. how difficult ii is for a mineral to be scratched
  11. 18. bottom layer of soil,solid rock