Science crossword homework
Across
- 3. the top layer of soil
- 4. fertile soil
- 7. layer of dead organic material
- 9. change of set contour lines
- 10. physical weathering
- 12. process that breaks down rock
- 13. the layers of different soil
- 15. map that uses line to show elevations
- 17. the heavier contour lines
- 21. anything in nature that humans use
- 22. In the Great Plains in 1930's the _______caused soil soil
- 23. preserving soil
- 24. the solid layer of rock under earths surface
- 25. the process of rock removal with chemicals
- 28. mostly clay soil that is under the topsoil
- 29. how we'll soil supports growth
Down
- 1. lines on a topographic map
- 2. plowing on the curves to prevent soil loss
- 5. when rock particles change the shape of a rock over time
- 6. dark organic material in soil
- 8. where crops are left to hold soil in place
- 11. the way earth has changed over time
- 14. I dug in the ____ to find worms.
- 16. a change when substances rusts
- 18. Worms are a type of _____.
- 19. planting different crops each year to increase fertility rate of the soil
- 20. tiny holes where water is able to seep through
- 23. thick mass of roots and soil
- 26. thawing and freezing of water I between two rocks
- 27. the movement of weathered rock