Across
- 6. Mechanical weathering process that occurs when water repeatedly freezes and thaws in the cracks of rocks, often resulting in rocks splitting.
- 8. Combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
- 10. Chemical or mechanical process that breaks down and changes rocks on or near Earth's surface and whose rate in influenced by factors such as precipitation and temperature.
- 12. Soil that develops from parent material which is similar to local bedrock.
- 14. Vertical sequence of soil layers containing the A-horizon, the B-horizon, and the C-horizon.
- 15. Removal and transport of weathered materials from one location to another by agents such as water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.
- 16. Soil that has been moved away from its parent material by water, wind, gravity, or a glacier.
Down
- 1. Process that breaks down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces but does not involve any change in their composition.
- 2. Chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances.
- 3. Process by which rocks and minerals undergo changes in their composition due to chemical reactions with agents such as acids, water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
- 4. Mechanical Weathering process in which outer rock layers are stripped away, often resulting in dome-shaped formations.
- 5. Loose covering of weathered rock and decayed organic matter overlying Earth's bedrock that is characterized by texture, fertility, and color whose composition is determined by its parent rock and environmental conditions.
- 7. Occurs when eroded materials are dropped in another location.
- 9. Distinct layer within a soil profile.
- 11. Erosion that occurs when a rill channel widens and deepens.
- 13. Erosion in which water running down the side of a slope, carves a small stream channel.