Across
- 4. a landform created as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
- 5. soil that can support the growth of a large number of strong, healthy plants; contains all the major nutrients for basic plant nutrition, including some living (organic) matter.
Down
- 1. elements or compounds formed through geologic processes, with specific crystal structures and physical and chemical properties.
- 2. solid materials made of rocks, minerals, and organic materials, moved and deposited in new locations by water, wind, or glaciers.
- 3. the natural forces such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, plate tectonics, and the rock cycle that shape the physical makeup of Earth and its surface.