Across
- 3. 23.5 degrees
- 5. topsoil, layer of humus with decomposed organic matter and minerals
- 7. deep, cold water rises towards the surface full of nutrients
- 10. deflection of objects traveling through the atmosphere due to the spin of earth
- 13. the proportion of light that is reflected by a surface
- 15. removes organic matter and nutrients from forest soil
- 16. how easily water drains through soil
- 17. main organic part of soil
Down
- 1. stronger winds, lots of upwelling
- 2. weaker winds, little to no upwelling
- 4. magma reaches the surface along divergent plate boundaries or in the middle of a plate
- 6. the amount of pore space in a sample
- 8. all of the land that drains into a body of water
- 9. plate boundary where plates move towards each other
- 11. the most dense layer due to pressure of other layers above it
- 12. help filter pollution or other materials from entering a river
- 14. leeward side of a mountain with few streams and rivers
- 16. process carried out by plants that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere