Paulina's crossword

2. - grains of soil bouncing across the ground
6. - soil is moving through the air
7. - erosion of the sides of a stream over time
8. - the exertion of force on something so that it becomes more dense
11. - large channels not able to be fixed by tilling of fields
13. weathering - a chemical reaction that breaks a rock down
14. - loss of thin uniform layers of soil over a full field
15. - the soil lying immediately under the topsoil
16. rock - the original rock from which younger rock or soil is formed
18. a granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz
19. - a form of soil made up of very small particles of aluminum silicate, smaller than sand and silt.
20. - a loose granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles

1. - channels or rills forming runoff, randomly located
3. - the upper, outermost layer of soil
4. - the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water
5. matter - carbon-based compounds found within natural environments
9. weathering - breaking the rock down into smaller pieces
10. - small soil particles rolling or sliding while maintaining contact with the ground
12. - the precipitation of salts in soils
17. - channels or depressions that form in the same place year after year