Fossil Fuels, Soil and Sedimentary Rocks

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Across
  1. 3. Force of objects pushing on other objects
  2. 5. To hold inside, as soil does with water.
  3. 8. minerals in water sticking together to form
  4. 9. A mark or depression made by pressure
  5. 10. a tiny piece of soil
  6. 13. Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past or how it works
  7. 15. A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; rough and gritty texture.
  8. 16. Rock made of layers of compressed sediments
  9. 17. To rot and break down the remains of plants and animals into smaller parts
  10. 18. A substance in soil that is sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry.
Down
  1. 1. the feel of a surface (smooth, rough)
  2. 2. Small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and the settling in an area
  3. 4. A component of soil made of small pieces of rock; pebbles; usually a smooth texture.
  4. 6. a scientist who studies fossils
  5. 7. The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water, and ice
  6. 11. pressing of layers of sediment into sedimentary rock
  7. 12. an object or material that in another object or material.
  8. 14. A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)sand, clay, loam, silt
  9. 17. To rot and break down into small parts