Earth's Changing Surface Chap 2 Sec 2-4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. crops planted to replace nutrients and prevent erosion
  2. 8. weather conditions over a long period of time
  3. 10. heavy rain leaches nutrients in this climate
  4. 13. removal of substances due to water passing through
  5. 15. layers of soil
  6. 16. nutrients in the soil
  7. 19. arrangement of soil particles
  8. 21. small mineral fragments, organic material, water, and air loosely combined
  9. 22. contains more humus than layers below it
  10. 23. the source of soil's mineral fragments
  11. 24. climate with low temperatures and slow soil formation
  12. 25. wind, water, or gravity transports soil and sediment
Down
  1. 1. soil blown or washed from the parent rock
  2. 2. organic material from decayed plants and animals
  3. 3. this climate has the most productive soil
  4. 4. soft rock wears away leaving hard rock
  5. 6. soil that remains above the parent rock
  6. 7. toxic levels of salt are in this climate
  7. 9. region where a plant or animal lives
  8. 11. prevention of soil and nutrient loss
  9. 12. planting different crops to slow down nutrient depletion
  10. 14. how acidic or basic the soil is
  11. 17. ability of water to move though the soil
  12. 18. the layer of rock beneath the soil
  13. 20. proportions of soil particles'