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Unit 4 Lesson 5: Weathering and Erosion Crossword

Horizontales
__________ weathering: The process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical composition
________ weathering: Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemical composition of the rock
The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface.
________ wasting: The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity
___________ wedging: The process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands.
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
The dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of plants, that provides nutrients to help plants grow.
Verticales
A loose mixture of rock fragments, organic material, water, and air that can support the growth of vegetation
The process in which sediment is laid down and accumulated in new locations.
The moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another
Huge, slow moving sheets of ice
Process in which various nutrients in upper layers of soil are dissolved and carried down to lower layers.