Soil Formation

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Across
  1. 3. Breakage of rocks caused by pressure created by water freezing in cracks of the rocks
  2. 4. Mineral sediments deposited in fresh water
  3. 5. When water passes through the soil profile and removes chemical compounds or nutrients from the soil
  4. 6. Earthen dike used to enclose water
  5. 8. Land near a stream that is commonly flooded when the stream is high
  6. 9. A fan-shaped alluvial deposit created where a stream or river enters a body of quiet water like an ocean or lake
Down
  1. 1. Removal of material, such as clay or nutrients, from the soil by percolating water
  2. 2. Reaction by which fertilizer salts decompose into weak acids, bases, or both through the addition of water
  3. 5. Wind deposited silt
  4. 7. A deposit of rock and soil resulting from material sliding down a slope under the force of gravity