Earth's Surface

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Across
  1. 2. Area of sediment at the mouth of a river
  2. 6. One of the shapes of land on the Earth's surface
  3. 8. Solid rock below the subsoil
  4. 10. Type of weathering that breaks down rocks through chemical changes
  5. 11. Outside layer of the earth, made mostly of rock
  6. 13. The study of the earth
  7. 14. Rock that forms when other types are changed by heat & pressure below the Earth's surface
  8. 16. The moving of sediment from one place to another
  9. 17. Largest particles of weathered rock in soil
  10. 19. Top layer of soil
  11. 21. Second layer of soil; contains weathered rocks
  12. 23. Rock that forms when layers of weathered rock are pressed together
  13. 24. Smallest particles of weathered rock in soil
  14. 25. Particles in soil that are smaller than sand but larger than clay
Down
  1. 1. Nonliving material found naturally in Earth
  2. 2. The dropping of sediment
  3. 3. Process of wearing away rocks by friction
  4. 4. Made up of one or more minerals
  5. 5. Pile of sediment, rocks & boulders left behind by a glacier
  6. 7. Process of weathering by ice
  7. 9. Material that is or was part of a living thing
  8. 12. Rock that forms from cooled magma or lava
  9. 15. Type of weathering that breaks rocks without changing their composition
  10. 18. ____ rain occurs when chemicals in the air mix with rain
  11. 20. Decayed plant & animal material in soil
  12. 22. Loose material on the Earth's surface