Erosion and Weathering

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Hard piece of stone (4)
  2. 6. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  3. 7. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  4. 9. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process (8)
  5. 11. A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter (7)
  6. 12. The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock (7)
  7. 13. The layer of soil on the surface (7)
  8. 15. Frozen water (3)

Down

  1. 1. To remove soil or rock (5)
  2. 3. Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (8)
  3. 4. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (7)
  4. 5. Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil (7)
  5. 7. Moving air (4)
  6. 8. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (plural) (5)
  7. 10. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  8. 14. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)