Across
- 4. the soil particle whose sizes ranges from 0.05-0.002 mm
- 6. acid in water reacts with some of the minerals in rocks speeding up the weathering process
- 10. the ability to hold water
- 11. curved plates of rocks are stripped from rock below
- 12. quantifies the amount of leaf material in a canopy
- 13. the removal of moisture from something
- 15. the splitting or breaking of rock by the pressure of water freezing and thawing
- 16. the biotic factor of soil formation
- 19. brief increases in solar irradiance that occurs in understories
- 20. the dominant factor influencing the absorption and reflection of solar radiation in terrestrial ecosystems
- 21. a sequence of horizontal layers
- 22. the soil forming factor that refers to the slope of the land
Down
- 1. major group of weathering in which the interaction of rock with mineral solutions to change the composition of rocks
- 2. the long-term weather pattern in a region
- 3. rocks and sediment grind against each other wearing away the surfaces
- 4. the largest of the three soil particles
- 5. the mixing of water with carbon dioxide to make carbonic acid
- 7. the reaction of a substance with oxygen
- 8. refers to the proportion of different sized soil particles
- 9. the material from which soil develops
- 14. the ability of a substance to pass through another substance
- 17. major group of weathering in which rocks are broken down without changing the chemical composition
- 18. the breakdown of rock by acidic water to produce clay and solute salts