Across
- 2. Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind
- 4. The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock
- 6. Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, eats away at the surface of stone and rock, a form of chemical weathering
- 8. The movement of weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers
- 9. The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots
Down
- 1. the chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil
- 3. Particles of soil,, sand, and gravel carried and deposited by wind or water
- 5. A ridge like mass of rock, gravel,sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier
- 7. A huge, slow-moving, mass of snow and ice