Science
Across
- 5. change in which a substance combines oxegen, as when iron oxidizes, forming rust
- 8. weathering/type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
- 9. conservation/managment of soil to prevent its destruction
- 10. that moves rock and other materials downhill the force that pulls objects toward each other
- 11. process by which water, ice, or wind, or gravity moves weatherd rock or soil
- 12. off/water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
- 13. solid pieces of mateerial that comes from rock organisims; earth materials deposited by eroision
Down
- 1. in which sediment is laid down in new
- 2. that breaks down the remin of organisims and digest them
- 3. of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through
- 4. weathering/process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
- 6. bowl/area of the great plains where wind erosion caused soil loss during the 1930's
- 7. weathered material on earth's surface in which plants can grow
- 14. soil/mixture of humus, clay, and other minerals that forms the crumgly, topmost layer os soil