Weathering and Soils Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. A type of chemical weathering in which water is added to a mineral and replaces another element.
- 4. Weathering occurs (Fastest or Slowest) in hot/dry climates and very cold climates
- 5. Composed of broken down rock, minerals matter, air and water.
- 7. Water expands by _________ percent when it freezes
- 9. Carbonation is a type of chemical weathering in which minerals combine with _________________(2 words) to form a new product (Example: Limestone)
- 10. The movement of clay and other minerals to lower laters of the soil, specifically soil horizon B.
- 11. This soil horizon is composed of organic material and small rock material, also known as "topsoil"
Down
- 1. This soil horizon is composed of minerals leached from the top soil, also known as "subsoil".
- 2. A type of physical weathering when water gets into cracks and freezes causing the rocks to break (2 words)
- 4. Igneous and metamorphic rock weather at a (faster or slower) rate than sedimentary rocks.
- 6. This soils horizon is composed of the bottom layer of parent material, rock.
- 8. A type of chemical weathering in which a metallic mineral combines with oxygen to form a new compound (Example: Iron Oxide)