Across
- 2. property- a characteristic of a material that you can observe or measure without changing what the material is. For example, the physical properties of a rock include its color, size, shape, and texture.
- 8. tiny, tiny pieces that everything is made of. You cannot see them with your eyes, but they make up all matter, whether it's a solid, a liquid, or a gas. For example, the tiny specks of dust floating in the air are particles.
- 9. component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture.
Down
- 1. mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains).
- 3. made up of an equal mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter.
- 4. hold inside, as soil does with water.
- 5. top layer of soil.
- 6. component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry.
- 7. What a surface looks and feels like.