Rock and Soil Menu Crossword

5. collection of information about space and Earth through satellites or probes
8. the look and fell of a rock determined by shape, size and pattern of rock grain
9. a measure of how acidic something is from 0-14
10. distributing soil and plant cover as little as possible while farming
15. Earth's layers going over each other
16. the process that breaks down rocks
17. a rock formed when another rock changes through heat or pressure
18. when water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil

1. farmers plow their fields along curves of a slope to prevent runoff
2. a rock formed when remains of plants and animals or rock particles are cemented together
3. a rock that forms from hardened lava or magma
4. an organism which carries a disease into something else
6. grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, or wind
7. planting different crops in a field each year to maintain soil fertility
10. when atoms are arranged to form a crystal structure
11. how well soil protects plant growth
12. plant growth on Earth's crust
13. how big or small a particle is
14. soil layers of Earth
15. a breaking in Earth's crust by masses of rock slipping by each other