Vocab
Across
- 2. a solid, dust-like sediment that water, ice, and wind transport and deposit.
- 6. a colored spot.
- 8. a natural material made up of tiny particles of rock.
- 9. he breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.
- 11. substances naturally formed in the Earth.
- 13. the loose surface material that covers most land.
- 15. to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid.
Down
- 1. happens when something is crushed or compressed.
- 3. the art or practice of showing on maps or charts the heights and depths of the features of a place.
- 4. the quality or state of being porous
- 5. the act or process of reducing
- 7. lower part in the land, between two higher parts which might be hills or mountains.
- 10. a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks
- 12. when tiny pieces of the Earth's surface are moved from one place to another.
- 14. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.