Weathering and Soils Crossword Puzzle

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