Across
- 2. largest kind of particle in soil
- 5. forms when unmelted snow gets compacted down to ice
- 9. small particles of weathered rocks and minerals
- 10. amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample
- 13. dropping. Of sediment and rock in a new location
- 14. weathered minerals and some nutrients from humus
- 16. unweathered rock that influences the soil above
- 19. process of wind picking up loose sediment and carrying it away
- 21. fertile soil that has equal parts of sand and silt combined with clay
Down
- 1. primary force behind erosion
- 3. change rocks into new substances
- 4. pile of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier
- 6. breaking down rocks is called what
- 7. weathering abrasion exfoliation frost heaving pressure release are all forms of what
- 8. weathering acid rain carbonic acid lichens and oxidation are all forms of what
- 11. example of erosion that is caused by gravity
- 12. decayed organic material found in soil
- 15. rock changing from one type to another is called what
- 17. An area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
- 18. layers soil
- 20. sediment that a stream carries