Rocks, Soil, Weathering, and Erosion

5. the shade you see; black, brown, greenish, gray, white, orange, tan, reddish,dark brown
6. a solid piece of Earth's surface
7. the space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism
8. what a surface looks and feels like; hard, soft, slippery, smooth, glassy, waxy, warm, cold
9. a mixture of sand silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)
10. nonliving substance found on the Earth's surface and deep inside the crust; made of elements.
11. the breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice

1. a physical property referring to how an object shines when light reflects from its surface
2. the removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice
3. a measure of how easily the smooth surface of mineral can be scratched by a fingernail, penny, etc.
4. physical or chemical characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance