Impact on Land Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the movement of soil or rock by wind, water, or ice
  2. 4. restoring land to a more productive state after damag
  3. 6. the process where fertile land becomes desert due to loss of moisture and nutrients
  4. 9. removing the top layer of dirt to expose minerals or ore underneath
  5. 13. resources that are not replaced within a relatively short time frame
  6. 14. anything we use that occurs naturally in the environment
  7. 15. the use of land to produce food
Down
  1. 1. a mixture of nutrients, water, air, rock fragments, and decaying organisms
  2. 3. the removal of forests to use the land for other reasons
  3. 5. when soil loses nutrients and is not adequately fertile
  4. 7. a layer of soil with more rock fragments and fewer plant and animal remains
  5. 8. the layer that makes up Earth’s crust and forms the basis for new soil
  6. 10. a natural resource that contains minerals and nutrients needed for plant growth
  7. 11. a place where waste is buried in the ground
  8. 12. a resource that is either always available or naturally replaced in a relatively short time