Across
- 3. the pile of sediment deposited by a glacier as it melts and recedes
- 6. a weak acid formed from water and carbon dioxide
- 7. the action of the wind blowing and picking up loose sediment and carrying it away
- 11. the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample
- 12. small particles produced by the weathering of rocks
- 13. the action of a glacier pulling a huge piece of bedrock loose as the glacier slides down a mountain
- 14. the process of breaking down rocks
- 16. erosion that occurs where gravity is the primary factor
- 18. the dropping of sediment and rocks in a new location by gravity, wind, water, or ice
- 19. storm caused by wind blowing small, loose particles high into the air
Down
- 1. the part of soil that contains decayed plant and animal matter
- 2. soil consisting of equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay
- 4. the moving of bits of weathered material from one place to another
- 5. a scientist who studies soil
- 7. the area at the mouth of a river where sediment is deposited
- 8. the sediment that a stream carries
- 9. a huge river of ice that slowly moves downhill and formed where layers of unmelted snow compact into ice
- 10. a cave formation that hands from the ceiling of a cave and made from the dripping of dissolved calcite
- 15. a storm caused by wind blowing sand particles along the ground
- 17. a cave formation that builds on the floor of a cave and made from the dripping of dissolved calcite