Across
- 4. the natural force that produces erosion on land
- 6. farmers remove natural vegetation and then top soil is blown away by wind.
- 7. The type of weathering caused by living organisms
- 9. when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands, eventually breaking the rock apart.
- 11. the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces
- 12. solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location
Down
- 1. weathering caused when iron in rocks is exposed to air and water
- 2. soil is removed by ants causing towers of compacted sand
- 3. caused by friction of sand carried by wind
- 5. the soil erodes and washes away because roots no-longer hold the soil into place
- 8. the dropping of sediment by wind or water
- 10. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth