Soil and Erosion

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Across
  1. 2. the wind moves dust and rock pieces around.
  2. 4. weathered rock with organic material. Older soil= few rocks and more uniform
  3. 5. rapid movement of rocks downhill
  4. 8. nutrients get washed out of the soil because of rain
  5. 11. when the largest amounts of rock and soil move because of gravity
  6. 12. all material that collects at the bottom of a hill
Down
  1. 1. rapid moving large chucks of land downhill
  2. 3. process that moves soil and rock to reshape that land
  3. 6. organic material, part of soil, must have for plants to grow
  4. 7. fan- a fan shaped deposit at the bottom of a hill where water does always flow
  5. 9. slow movement of soil down a hil
  6. 10. when water picks up tiny pieces of rock as it moves across the surface