Soil

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff (5)
  2. 5. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)
  3. 6. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression (plural) (8)
  4. 10. Any organism of ___ size (13)
  5. 13. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind (5)
  6. 14. To sail to the windward of (10)
  7. 16. Any ___-shaped artifact (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. A relatively flat highland (plural) (8)
  2. 2. The solid part of the earth's surface (6)
  3. 3. Extremely cold (7)
  4. 7. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  5. 8. The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features (10)
  6. 9. A native or inhabitant of ___ (8)
  7. 11. Hard piece of stone (plural) (5)
  8. 12. Of or relating to ___ (8)
  9. 15. Partially decomposed organic matter (5)