CH 4 Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Partially decomposed organic matter (5)
  2. 3. The layer of soil on the surface (7)
  3. 6. The breakdown or alteration of rock at or near the surface of the Earth. (10)
  4. 8. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  5. 9. Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil (7)
  6. 11. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  7. 12. The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice (8)
  8. 14. The process of oxidizing (9)
  9. 15. The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal (6)

Down

  1. 1. A region subject to ___ storms (8)
  2. 4. The natural process of laying down a ___ of something (10)
  3. 5. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots (3)
  4. 7. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  5. 10. The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock (7)
  6. 13. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process (8)