Across
- 3. lower percent of nutrients, under the topsoil
- 4. a soil that consists a mixture of sand, clay, and silt
- 6. located between 60-90 degrees on the globe
- 8. Tectonic plates move toward eachother
- 9. largest mineral particle
- 11. a natural body comprised of minerals, organic material, liquid, and gases from the surface
- 12. Sphere in which plate movement occurs
- 15. located between 30-60 degrees on the globe
- 16. Tectonic plates move against each other
- 18. very small particle left as sediment from water
- 19. Primarily made of solid iron
- 20. Sphere which contains rock and minerals
- 22. Area with the most nutrients, darker in hue
- 23. Solid rock buried underneath soil
- 25. area where rain is able to fall
- 26. darker soil caused by richer minerals
Down
- 1. Volcanoes, trenches, and mountains can occur from this
- 2. Mixture of gasses surrounding the earth
- 5. Primarily made of liquid Iron
- 7. wet air forced upward by steep topography
- 8. smallest mineral particle
- 10. Sphere which contains all organic matter
- 13. Outermost area of earth
- 14. area where rain is blocked off
- 17. Increased pressure causes rocks to act like plastic rock
- 21. located between 0-30 degrees on the globe
- 24. Tectonic plates move away from each other