Soil Formation

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Across
  1. 3. A type of crystal found in igneous rocks
  2. 7. A fertile and free-draining soil formed over limestone
  3. 10. Formed when high rainfall and low evaporation leads to anaerobic conditions.
  4. 11. Weathering caused by rocks hitting off each other
  5. 12. The O horizon is made up of _________.
  6. 13. The appearance of gley soils
  7. 14. The metamorphic rock formed from limestone
  8. 15. Rocks formed from magma cooling and hardening
Down
  1. 1. The slope of a landscape, influencing the depth of soil
  2. 2. Rocks formed from the build up of sediment
  3. 4. Rocks formed when heat/pressure is applied to existing rock types
  4. 5. An impermeable hard pan formed in podzol soils
  5. 6. Soil formed over acidic parent material
  6. 8. The breakdown of large particles of parent material being broken down into smaller particles
  7. 9. The type of rock that influences a soils pH.