Across
- 4. A rill channel that becomes wider/deeper results in _____ erosion.
- 7. The sugar that plants produce through photosynthesis
- 9. _____ molecules have an unequal distribution of charges
- 10. As _____ area of a rock increases, so does the rate of weathering
- 12. Water's high heat of _____ allows sweat to cool our bodies
- 14. Mechanical weathering when wind blown sand strikes a surface
- 15. Water climbs to the tops of trees due to _____ action.
- 19. Water fills cracks in rocks and roads then freezes
- 21. Photosynthesis produces this gas for consumers
- 22. Energy molecule our cells get from cellular respiration
- 23. Surface_____ allows a pool of water to form a dome on a penny
Down
- 1. The break down of rock into sediments then soil
- 2. Water that does not soak into the ground or evaporate
- 3. Evaporation of water directly from plant leaves
- 5. The dropping of sediment when energy of motion is lost
- 6. When water sticks to other water molecules
- 8. The acid that forms when water combines with CO2 in the air
- 11. Weathering that does not change the composition of the rock
- 13. Rusting is called this type of chemical weathering
- 16. When water sticks to other types of molecules
- 17. Carbon cycle process of burning wood or fossil fuels
- 18. Water is the universal _____ because it dissolves many substances
- 20. Transport of weathered sediment by wind, water, glaciers, or gravity