Weathering and Soil Crossword Puzzle

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LIMONITE : an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
RESIDUAL SOIL : soil formed by rock decay and left as a residue after the leaching out of the more soluble products.
PRESSURE RELEASE : overlying materials are removed, which causes underlying rocks to expand and fracture parallel to the surface.
SOIL HORIZON : any of the series of distinctive layers found in a vertical cross section of any well-developed soil.
HEMATITE : is a common iron oxide with the formula Fe2O3 and is widespread in rocks and soils.
SOIL : the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
SHEET JOINTS : are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock, and often leading to erosion of concentric slabs.
FROST WEDGING : is a form of physical weathering that involves the repeated freezing and thawing of water in areas with extremely cold weather.
TRANSPORTED SOIL : form from weathered material deposits, which are transported by natural forces to a new site, away from the site of origin.
EROSION : the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
FROST HEAVING : s an upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface.
LATERITE : a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
FROST ACTION : The weathering process caused by cycles of freezing and thawing of water in surface pores, cracks, and other openings.
EXFOLIATION : the peeling away of sheets of rock millimeters to meters in thickness from a rock's surface due a range of physical and chemical processes during exhumation and weathering .
LOAM : a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
WEATHERING : the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
CLAY MINERAL : any of a group of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, as kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite, that constitute the major portion of most clays.

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limonite : an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
residual soil : soil formed by rock decay and left as a residue after the leaching out of the more soluble products.
pressure release : overlying materials are removed, which causes underlying rocks to expand and fracture parallel to the surface.
soil horizon : any of the series of distinctive layers found in a vertical cross section of any well-developed soil.
hematite : is a common iron oxide with the formula fe2o3 and is widespread in rocks and soils.
soil : the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
sheet joints : are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock, and often leading to erosion of concentric slabs.
frost wedging : is a form of physical weathering that involves the repeated freezing and thawing of water in areas with extremely cold weather.
transported soil : form from weathered material deposits, which are transported by natural forces to a new site, away from the site of origin.
erosion : the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
frost heaving : s an upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface.
laterite : a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
frost action : the weathering process caused by cycles of freezing and thawing of water in surface pores, cracks, and other openings.
exfoliation : the peeling away of sheets of rock millimeters to meters in thickness from a rock's surface due a range of physical and chemical processes during exhumation and weathering .
loam : a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
weathering : the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
clay mineral : any of a group of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals, as kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite, that constitute the major portion of most clays.