Terrestrial Ecosystem Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. the soil particle whose sizes ranges from 0.05-0.002 mm
  2. 6. acid in water reacts with some of the minerals in rocks speeding up the weathering process
  3. 10. the ability to hold water
  4. 11. curved plates of rocks are stripped from rock below
  5. 12. quantifies the amount of leaf material in a canopy
  6. 13. the removal of moisture from something
  7. 15. the splitting or breaking of rock by the pressure of water freezing and thawing
  8. 16. the biotic factor of soil formation
  9. 19. brief increases in solar irradiance that occurs in understories
  10. 20. the dominant factor influencing the absorption and reflection of solar radiation in terrestrial ecosystems
  11. 21. a sequence of horizontal layers
  12. 22. the soil forming factor that refers to the slope of the land
Down
  1. 1. major group of weathering in which the interaction of rock with mineral solutions to change the composition of rocks
  2. 2. the long-term weather pattern in a region
  3. 3. rocks and sediment grind against each other wearing away the surfaces
  4. 4. the largest of the three soil particles
  5. 5. the mixing of water with carbon dioxide to make carbonic acid
  6. 7. the reaction of a substance with oxygen
  7. 8. refers to the proportion of different sized soil particles
  8. 9. the material from which soil develops
  9. 14. the ability of a substance to pass through another substance
  10. 17. major group of weathering in which rocks are broken down without changing the chemical composition
  11. 18. the breakdown of rock by acidic water to produce clay and solute salts