Across
- 7. layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is found.
- 8. geographic region that shares a particular climate, fauna and flora
- 9. surface currents diverge and deep waters move up to replace them
- 10. subsoil layer in the tundra
- 11. physical property of soil based on the composition
- 12. waste produced as a byproduct of mining
- 16. way to measure magnitude of an earthquake
- 18. one plate of Earth's crust passing under another.
- 21. one way that igneous rock can turn into metamorphic.
- 23. rock made from magma
- 24. zone deep layer of the ocean that lacks sunlight
- 27. part of the water cycle when water is removed from plants by the sun
- 29. muddy bottom of a lake or the ocean floor
- 30. length of time that a chemical remains in the environment
- 31. interacting components that influence one another by exchanging energy or materials
- 32. removal of dissolved molecules from soil by groundwater
- 33. element that is major component of soil and often used in fertilizer
Down
- 1. chemically distinctive outermost layer of the lithosphere
- 2. how organisms can create ammonia
- 3. plates of the Earth's crust moving away from each other.
- 4. sand is the __ component of soil
- 5. large scale pattern of water circulation (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counter in the Southern Hemisphere)
- 6. how most autotrophs make their own energy
- 13. type of mining that exposes sections of soil and rock to expose ore
- 14. another name for the A horizon
- 15. the average weather in a given region over a prolonged period of time.
- 17. smallest component of soil
- 19. matter does this through an ecosystem
- 20. process by which rock over time turns into soil
- 22. a fracture in rock caused by a movement of the Earth's crust
- 25. one layer of soil
- 26. outermost layer of Earth, includes mantle and crust
- 28. region with dry conditions on the leeward side of a mountain range; causes precipitation on the windward side