clay rich soil crossword Crossword Puzzles

Soil Formation Crossword 2021-11-30

Soil Formation Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a loose mixture of small rock fragments, organic matter, water, and air that can support the growth of vegetation
  2. how well a soil can support plant growth
  3. microorganisms that are responsible for breaking down the remains of plants and animals
  4. type of climate where soil develops more quickly (two words)
  5. the source of inorganic soil particles that gets weathered first
  6. remains of decayed organic matter(contains nutrients that plants need to grow)
  7. when water carries materials, such as iron minerals and clay, from the A horizon down to the B horizon
  8. speed at which soil develops in an area without a lot of plants and animals
Down
  1. another name for the A horizon (where the most humus is located)
  2. a vertical section of soil that shows all of the different layers of soil
  3. a property that describes the relative amounts of differently sized soil particles
  4. the space between soil particles
  5. each of the different layers of soil with different physical properties

13 Clues: the space between soil particles • how well a soil can support plant growth • type of climate where soil develops more quickly (two words) • another name for the A horizon (where the most humus is located) • the source of inorganic soil particles that gets weathered first • each of the different layers of soil with different physical properties • ...

3-D design 1 2016-09-07

3-D design 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. coarse high firing clay
  2. unfired clay projects
  3. lowfiring clay at 1700 degrees
  4. liquid clay
  5. white very fine clay
  6. functional containers made of clay
  7. a rope of clay
  8. an earthly substance
  9. soft workable clay
  10. unglazed clay
Down
  1. heat clay to high temperature
  2. pieces of broken pottery
  3. capable of being dissolved in water
  4. Half dry clay
  5. red earthen ware clay
  6. very dry brittle clay
  7. to rework dry clay
  8. Pots made using your hands and simple tools
  9. tiny bits of hard fired clay
  10. pottery made by method of using forefinger and thumb

20 Clues: liquid clay • Half dry clay • unglazed clay • a rope of clay • to rework dry clay • soft workable clay • white very fine clay • an earthly substance • red earthen ware clay • very dry brittle clay • unfired clay projects • coarse high firing clay • pieces of broken pottery • tiny bits of hard fired clay • heat clay to high temperature • lowfiring clay at 1700 degrees • ...

CERAMIC 1 REVIEW 2025-01-21

CERAMIC 1 REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CLAY GLUE, 50% WATER 50% CLAY
  2. COMPLETELY DRY CLAY, READY TO FIRE
  3. OVEN TO FIRE CLAY PIECES
  4. SOFT, PLIABLE CLAY, BEST TO BUILD
  5. SECOND FIRE OF CLAY WITH DECORATIVE FINISH ON
  6. LIQUID GLASS
  7. FIRST FIRE OF GREENWARE CLAY
  8. CLAY THAT IS SET UP AND BEST TO CARVE
  9. DECORATIVE GLASS COLOR THAT CAN GO ON UNFIRED OR FIRED CLAY
  10. LOW FIRE CLAY WE USE IN CLASS
  11. DECORATIVE CERAMIC COLOR, DOESN'T BLEED
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  1. TO SCRATCH THE CLAY SURFACE
  2. CLAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIRED
  3. BUILDING WITH ROPES OR SNAKES OF CLAY
  4. CLAY FIRED A SECOND TIME WITH A DECORATIVE COLOR
  5. FLAT SHEET OF CLAY
  6. WHERE YOU FIND CLAY
  7. CLAY FIRED ONE TIME AND READY TO DECORATE
  8. PREPARING CLAY BY KNEADING OR SLAMMING TO REMOVE AIR BUBBLES
  9. FIRST PEOPLE TO USE CLAY

20 Clues: LIQUID GLASS • FLAT SHEET OF CLAY • WHERE YOU FIND CLAY • OVEN TO FIRE CLAY PIECES • FIRST PEOPLE TO USE CLAY • TO SCRATCH THE CLAY SURFACE • CLAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIRED • FIRST FIRE OF GREENWARE CLAY • CLAY GLUE, 50% WATER 50% CLAY • LOW FIRE CLAY WE USE IN CLASS • SOFT, PLIABLE CLAY, BEST TO BUILD • COMPLETELY DRY CLAY, READY TO FIRE • BUILDING WITH ROPES OR SNAKES OF CLAY • ...

Soils recap to date 2019-03-26

Soils recap to date crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the soil profile
  2. main food source in a country
  3. poor nutrition
  4. abbreviation for the 3 main nutrients required by plants
Down
  1. largest particles in soil
  2. type of farming with maximum yield per hectare
  3. crops grown for own consumption
  4. raising animals
  5. smallest particles in soil

9 Clues: poor nutrition • raising animals • largest particles in soil • layer of the soil profile • smallest particles in soil • main food source in a country • crops grown for own consumption • type of farming with maximum yield per hectare • abbreviation for the 3 main nutrients required by plants

Joyces unit 2 crossword 2022-10-11

Joyces unit 2 crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mild winter cool summer
  2. similar rock formations
  3. ocean water travels in paths called...
  4. all soil needs some... to hold moisture
  5. part of earth that has cooled and hardened
  6. this vegetation region is charachterized by small shrubs,mosses,lichens
  7. maritime and continental
  8. largest biome in canada dominated by conifer trees
  9. breakdoown of materials into the earths sediment
  10. ice, rain, snow
  11. a crop that leaves bare ground between crops
Down
  1. two plates move apart from eachother
  2. day to day characteristics of the atmosphere
  3. composed of minerals, air water oxygen,plant matter
  4. when soil is moved by wind water and gravity
  5. layer just below the earths crust
  6. large section of ice and snow that moves across land
  7. the higher up you go the colder the climate
  8. a ball of hot metals
  9. long term weather patterns
  10. a large geo region defined by climate
  11. two plates coming towards eachother

22 Clues: ice, rain, snow • a ball of hot metals • mild winter cool summer • similar rock formations • maritime and continental • long term weather patterns • layer just below the earths crust • two plates coming towards eachother • two plates move apart from eachother • a large geo region defined by climate • ocean water travels in paths called... • all soil needs some... to hold moisture • ...

Samantha's unit 2 2022-10-11

Samantha's unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large open area covered with grass
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. the tundra, taiga and prairie
  4. how big is Baffin island and where does it rank
  5. there are eight distinct landforms in Canada
  6. When two plates come together
  7. It helps keep soil from being too compact or solid
  8. climate natural resources found in the area
  9. being covered by glaciers or ice sheets
  10. When total precipitation is greater than 1000mm
  11. All soil needs it to hold moisture
Down
  1. Where the plates move apart
  2. what region do we call the area with the 3 largest arctic islands
  3. occurs when soil is moved by water wind or gravity
  4. processes undergone by rocks in earth's crust
  5. when total precipitation is less than 1000mm
  6. When subsoil is permanently frozen
  7. It can kill plants
  8. The day to day characteristic of atmosphere
  9. The long term pattern of weather

20 Clues: It can kill plants • Where the plates move apart • the tundra, taiga and prairie • When two plates come together • The long term pattern of weather • When subsoil is permanently frozen • All soil needs it to hold moisture • a large open area covered with grass • When two plates slide past each other • being covered by glaciers or ice sheets • ...

I♥♫ Nathan C. Argue 2016-05-20

I♥♫ Nathan C. Argue crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is wind erosion off earths surface.
  2. flows over earths surface.
  3. is earths materials.
  4. is particals of clay and silt.
  5. is a loop in a river/stream.
  6. is one of four spheres into which scientists divide.
  7. is a mass of moving ice and snow.
  8. is when rivers flow into a river or ocean or lake and forms a fan like pattern.
Down
  1. is sediment deposit form a glacier.
  2. breaks down earths surface.
  3. is a thick mass of grass roots and soil.
  4. is a unit of geological time.
  5. is a large channel formed by erosion.
  6. is sediment in a river or stream.
  7. is connected air spaces that water can get through.
  8. is a layer of rock beneath the soil.
  9. is the ability to do work.
  10. is a dark colored material in the soil.
  11. is Nathans favorite color.
  12. is a large stream.
  13. copies a shape in a mold.

21 Clues: is a large stream. • is earths materials. • copies a shape in a mold. • flows over earths surface. • is the ability to do work. • is Nathans favorite color. • breaks down earths surface. • is a loop in a river/stream. • is a unit of geological time. • is particals of clay and silt. • is sediment in a river or stream. • is a mass of moving ice and snow. • ...

science cool 2012-09-20

science cool crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mixture of organic matter
  2. the part of the earth crust that is made up of solid rock
  3. a mountain with stuff inside
  4. an ignoratic naturally occuring solid mateial
  5. something you could see on the ground on the beach
  6. the part of the earth
  7. soil that is good for plant groth
  8. thin outer layer of the earth
  9. a soil that you could feel
  10. it can be found in the crust
Down
  1. a line you could band on
  2. any trace or reamains of once living living organisms
  3. the building block of minerals
  4. something that comes out of volcano
  5. a large formation of the earth surface
  6. something surounding inner core
  7. a distarbence and a movement of earth crust
  8. amass of iron with temperature 3870c
  9. you could mold things with it
  10. the centre of the earth

20 Clues: the part of the earth • the centre of the earth • a line you could band on • a soil that you could feel • a mixture of organic matter • a mountain with stuff inside • it can be found in the crust • you could mold things with it • thin outer layer of the earth • the building block of minerals • something surounding inner core • soil that is good for plant groth • ...

Plants and Soil 2025-04-17

Plants and Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a scattered vascular bundle
  2. what the seeds get nourishment from
  3. what holds the anther up
  4. the largest soil particle
  5. what holds up the leaves on the stem
  6. where the female plants gamete is formed
  7. where photosynthesis takes place
  8. the act of converting light energy into food
  9. the smallest particle of soil
  10. what moves waters in plants
  11. the male gamete of a plant
Down
  1. the male part of the flower
  2. what do plants grown in
  3. flowering plants that come back each year
  4. the order of flowering plants
  5. a plant that completes its life cycle in 1 oe 2 years
  6. has flowering parts in multiples of 4 or 5
  7. what anchors the plant in the ground
  8. the part of the flower that attracts pollinators
  9. what transfers sugars and minerals in the plants
  10. the female part of the flower

21 Clues: what do plants grown in • what holds the anther up • the largest soil particle • the male gamete of a plant • the male part of the flower • what moves waters in plants • the order of flowering plants • the female part of the flower • the smallest particle of soil • has a scattered vascular bundle • where photosynthesis takes place • what the seeds get nourishment from • ...

4.1 - Starting from the Ground Up Key Terms Crossword 2023-06-22

4.1 - Starting from the Ground Up Key Terms Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope.
  2. A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt.
  3. The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants.
  4. The long-term average weather conditions.
  5. The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away.
  6. Any living individual whether plant or animal.
  7. The artificial application of water to soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.
  8. A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with diameter less than 2 microns.
  9. Mineral matter of variable composition.
  10. Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
  11. To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
  12. Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition or disintegration.
  13. Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
  14. Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 0.002 millimeters.
Down
  1. Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers.
  2. The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
  3. Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
  4. Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals.
  5. The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material.
  6. The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
  7. To gather or collect.
  8. Decrease in volume of sediments, as a result of compressive stress.
  9. Slope of the land and the position on the landscape.
  10. Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
  11. Color difference on a mass of moderately poorly drained soil.
  12. An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains.
  13. Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants.
  14. Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
  15. Refers to the extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles.
  16. Process of removing soil from the surface.

30 Clues: To gather or collect. • Mineral matter of variable composition. • The long-term average weather conditions. • Process of soil deposited due to erosion. • Process of removing soil from the surface. • The addition of sediment, as by flowing water. • Any living individual whether plant or animal. • Designating the inorganic nature of a substance. • ...

Earth Systems Part 1 Vocabulary 2025-10-23

Earth Systems Part 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The measure of the saturation (water holding) potential of soil
  3. Capacity of soil to raise pH of acids to maintain a relative constant pH
  4. Measure of the rate of water to flow through sol
  5. Energy released along a tectonic boundary when plates move
  6. Tectonic boundary where two plates are sliding past each other
  7. Section of soil column that is lacking nutrients and made up of large broken rock fragments
  8. Produced along a convergent boundary with subduction
  9. Section of soil column of soil and rock with some nutrients leached down from the A horizon
  10. The top layer of earth's crust (lithosphere) that contains tectonic plates, surface water, and exposed to the atmosphere
  11. Energy transferred to ocean water that creates a large wave when energy is released along a tectonic boundary on the seafloor
Down
  1. Section of soil column that is known as topsoil containing plant roots, microbes, and nutrients
  2. Soil texture that has a small particle size and irregular shape
  3. Measure of available nutrients in soil from humus and microbial/fungal activity
  4. Soil texture that has the smallest particle size and a smooth surface
  5. When soil is carried away by wind or water
  6. Type of weathering where rock is broken down by forces of water, wind, and temperature change
  7. Where an oceanic plate moves underneath a continental plate along a convergent boundary
  8. Type of weathering where rock is broken down from reactions of acid or salt in water with rock
  9. Tectonic boundary where two continental plates push toward each other
  10. Soil texture that has the largest particle size and irregular shape
  11. Section of soil column that is bedrock
  12. Section of soil column that contains litter (dead leaves, sticks, etc)
  13. Decomposed organic material from dead leaves waste that is contained within the A horizon

24 Clues: Section of soil column that is bedrock • When soil is carried away by wind or water • Measure of the rate of water to flow through sol • Produced along a convergent boundary with subduction • Energy released along a tectonic boundary when plates move • Tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Soil and Rock Crossword Puzzle 2023-08-30

Soil and Rock Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The measure of how many bases there are in the soil represented in a percentage.
  2. A mineral deposit containing one or more minerals
  3. Below A and E horizon and contains clay
  4. The gradual wear and tear of the earths surface due to natural forces
  5. The average concentration of an element in the earth’s crust
  6. A measure of the total negative charges within a soil that can absorb plant nutrient cations
  7. The process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition
  8. A layer Parallel to the surface soil
Down
  1. A mineral Horizon with weathered bedrock
  2. A naturally occurring solid chemical element or inorganic compound.
  3. The rock or mineral the soil is made from
  4. A dark top-layer of the soil
  5. A horizon that contains leached minerals and organic matter
  6. The erosion and/or breakup of rocks through chemical processes
  7. This occurs when rain has a Ph of less than 5.6 due to pollutants mixing with clouds
  8. The Physical, chemical and biological decline in soil quality
  9. Resources that have been identified and from which a usable mineral can be extracted profitably

17 Clues: A dark top-layer of the soil • A layer Parallel to the surface soil • Below A and E horizon and contains clay • A mineral Horizon with weathered bedrock • The rock or mineral the soil is made from • A mineral deposit containing one or more minerals • A horizon that contains leached minerals and organic matter • ...

soil 2021-06-21

soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Leaching
  2. Metamorphic rocks.
  3. riverine soil.
Down
  1. process of soil formation.
  2. igneous rocks (lava rocks)
  3. mixture of sand clay and silt

6 Clues: Leaching • riverine soil. • Metamorphic rocks. • process of soil formation. • igneous rocks (lava rocks) • mixture of sand clay and silt

Call it Courage Word Puzzle 2023-02-07

Call it Courage Word Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a cruel joke
  2. a fish
  3. rich
  4. trembled
  5. spaces
Down
  1. an area of shallow water
  2. a little island
  3. crossword beam or seat
  4. high pitch
  5. mad

10 Clues: mad • rich • a fish • spaces • trembled • high pitch • a cruel joke • a little island • crossword beam or seat • an area of shallow water

Science Crossword 2016-05-20

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large stream
  2. loop like bend in a river
  3. igneous rock on earths surface
  4. Molten material from the mantle being pushed to the suface
  5. most common intrusive igneous rock
  6. large mass of moving ice
  7. gently rolling land
  8. one lithospheric plate collides and plunges down
  9. made of equal parts of clay sand and silt
Down
  1. dark colored organic material in the soil
  2. amount of sediment a river carries
  3. breaks down rock at earths surface
  4. meander cut off by a river
  5. a fossil that is a copy of an organism shape
  6. my favorite nfl player
  7. layer of rock beneath the soil
  8. wind and water carrying away weathered material
  9. one time in the past when continental glaciers covered most of earth
  10. warm blooded vertebrate
  11. igneous rock below earths surface
  12. loose layer of dead leaves and plants on the surface of soil

21 Clues: a large stream • gently rolling land • my favorite nfl player • warm blooded vertebrate • large mass of moving ice • loop like bend in a river • meander cut off by a river • layer of rock beneath the soil • igneous rock on earths surface • igneous rock below earths surface • amount of sediment a river carries • breaks down rock at earths surface • most common intrusive igneous rock • ...

Agroecology 2025-10-28

Agroecology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. species richness in an area
  2. traditions
  3. farm farm involving communities
  4. cows, sheep, pigs
Down
  1. flexibility of land to withstand changes
  2. type of soil
  3. autumn vegetable
  4. species that restore nitrogen in soil
  5. rotation seasonal field design

9 Clues: traditions • type of soil • autumn vegetable • cows, sheep, pigs • species richness in an area • rotation seasonal field design • farm farm involving communities • species that restore nitrogen in soil • flexibility of land to withstand changes

Ceramic 1 2021-09-09

Ceramic 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Flattened out clay.
  2. Decomposed grant.
  3. Where Pots are fired.
  4. A high fired porous clay body.
  5. Glass coating on ceramics.
  6. liquid clay used to connect clay parts.
  7. Dand built ceramic wears.
  8. Soft fresh clay.
  9. To heat up clay in a kiln.
  10. snake like rolls of clay.
  11. half dried clay
  12. Clay with no water in it.
Down
  1. pottery made of clay fired to a porous state
  2. Once fired clay.
  3. Spins clay to make round pots.
  4. All things made of clay.
  5. A white nonporous translucent clay.
  6. To workout the air bubbles in clay.
  7. How something feels to the touch.
  8. When clay turns into a stone with heat.
  9. Any 3D art.

21 Clues: Any 3D art. • half dried clay • Once fired clay. • Soft fresh clay. • Decomposed grant. • Flattened out clay. • Where Pots are fired. • All things made of clay. • Dand built ceramic wears. • snake like rolls of clay. • Clay with no water in it. • Glass coating on ceramics. • To heat up clay in a kiln. • Spins clay to make round pots. • A high fired porous clay body. • ...

Review 6th grade science HW 2024-05-01

Review 6th grade science HW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this layer of the earth is made up of mostly iron and nickel
  2. what type of factor is completing plants
  3. when plants don't grow until they have the right conditions
  4. this layer of the earth is made up of continental and oceanic plates
  5. the part of the Electromagnetic spectrum that we can see
Down
  1. waves that have crest and troughs
  2. what type of factor is rainfall
  3. the largest component of the soil
  4. A current which causes the plates to move
  5. waves that have compression and rarefactions
  6. produces and stores pollen
  7. soil type which has the best water retention
  8. This is created when plates are pushed together
  9. sound waves travel ___________ in air than solid because the particles are far apart
  10. waves transmit ______________
  11. to grow plants in soil you must know how much _______ the soil can hold

16 Clues: produces and stores pollen • waves transmit ______________ • what type of factor is rainfall • waves that have crest and troughs • the largest component of the soil • what type of factor is completing plants • A current which causes the plates to move • waves that have compression and rarefactions • soil type which has the best water retention • ...

muis 2024-12-11

muis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. faced
  2. the topic
  3. a nice way to remember your notes
  4. line
  5. very windy inside
  6. eardrum breaker
  7. very important
  8. starts with a d
  9. the thing your doing
  10. very close to concussion
  11. the thing you have played
Down
  1. pretty chill
  2. shows what time to play each note
  3. sounds like tempture
  4. very extreme
  5. brassy
  6. tone color that is very smooth
  7. lots of money
  8. a rough sound
  9. you have one

20 Clues: line • faced • brassy • the topic • pretty chill • very extreme • you have one • lots of money • a rough sound • very important • eardrum breaker • starts with a d • very windy inside • sounds like tempture • the thing your doing • very close to concussion • the thing you have played • tone color that is very smooth • shows what time to play each note • a nice way to remember your notes

1920s 2023-10-23

1920s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Better than a high card
  2. "Hard ____"
  3. What people sat on
  4. Fancy footwork
  5. What we don't have during a lecture
  6. Bonkers
  7. Demand or organized
  8. the game we're playing
  9. Chinese word game
Down
  1. injustice because of color
  2. a fun source for fun
  3. Not an instrumental
  4. Time for nothing
  5. Good lookin'
  6. The cause for gatherings
  7. The 0.1%
  8. "No can do."

17 Clues: Bonkers • The 0.1% • "Hard ____" • Good lookin' • "No can do." • Fancy footwork • Time for nothing • Chinese word game • What people sat on • Not an instrumental • Demand or organized • a fun source for fun • the game we're playing • Better than a high card • The cause for gatherings • injustice because of color • What we don't have during a lecture

Test 2 Review 2024-02-28

Test 2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layers of soil
  2. When in doubt, ___.
  3. the study of force
  4. a device that can increase the amount of force
  5. Largest soil particle
  6. Yellow safety color means
  7. Rollover __ Structure
  8. a modified inclined plane that wraps around a cylinder
  9. A wheel that spins freely on its axle
  10. a bar or rod that rotates on a fixed point
  11. R Horizon
  12. how well a machine overcomes friction
  13. Orange safety color means
  14. wear proper attire and no ___ fitting clothing
Down
  1. A potential source of danger
  2. A horizon
  3. PPE= Personal Protective ___
  4. O horizon
  5. B horizon
  6. the opposition to movement
  7. an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly
  8. Red safety color means
  9. smallest soil particle
  10. The push or pull of an object
  11. Make up 45% of soil
  12. Never ___ a chemical
  13. One seat = one ___
  14. PTO= Power __ Off
  15. 2 inclined planes used together to pry or move objects apart
  16. Use tools only for their specific ____.
  17. wear away of something by exposure
  18. the loss of nutrients and materials that have been dissolved as they move through the soil
  19. Green safety color means

33 Clues: A horizon • O horizon • B horizon • R Horizon • Layers of soil • PTO= Power __ Off • the study of force • One seat = one ___ • When in doubt, ___. • Make up 45% of soil • Never ___ a chemical • Largest soil particle • Rollover __ Structure • Red safety color means • smallest soil particle • Green safety color means • Yellow safety color means • Orange safety color means • the opposition to movement • ...

24HRSS5 2024-03-28

24HRSS5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Irregular spots of different colors in soil.
  2. Small root.
  3. ____ Web is the interlocking series of food chains.
  4. Redoximorphic _______:Light zones in soil where iron and manganese oxide have been removed due to chemical reduction.
  5. ______Soil Color Chart:Soil color chart used by soil scientists.
  6. Depletions Low-chroma zones with low iron and manganese oxide content.
  7. List of plant species in an area.
  8. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form adheres to other material and tends to stretch.
  9. Relationships between organisms.
  10. Soil ______ is the feel of soil and ease of crushing by fingers.
  11. Non-living factor in an environment.
  12. Downward movement of water in soil; leaching.
  13. Redoximorphic __________: Features formed from iron or manganese oxide accumulation.
  14. Land at higher elevation than alluvial plains or stream terraces.
  15. Soil particles composed of individual mineral particles.
  16. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form moderately resistant to pressure when dry.
  17. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form that is hard and little affected by moistening.
  18. Disintegrated material or debris.
  19. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form readily deformed by moderate pressure but can be pressed into a lump.
  20. _____ Water Capacity is the measure of water soil can hold and release for plants.
  21. Soil _____ : Proportions of sand, silt, and clay particles in soil.
Down
  1. ________Features: Features indicating chemical reduction and oxidation of iron and manganese compounds in soil.
  2. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form noncoherent when dry or moist; does not hold together.
  3. Soil's degree of permanent deformation without rupturing.
  4. ______Soil Consistence:Soil form that crushes easily under gentle pressure when moist.
  5. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form that breaks into powder under slight pressure when dry.
  6. Green coloring matter in plants necessary for photosynthesis.
  7. Organism that feeds on dead material causing breakdown.
  8. ______Soil Consistence: Soil form that crushes under moderate pressure when moist.
  9. Largest soil particles composed of individual rock or mineral fragments.
  10. Soil's capacity to adhere to other objects.
  11. __________eutrophication: Eutrophication resulting from human activities.
  12. Living components of an ecosystem.
  13. Resource Resource replaced through natural processes.
  14. _____Chain is the transfer of food energy between organisms.
  15. Wildlife habitat element placement, including food, water, shelter, and space.
  16. Potential for air and water movement within soil.
  17. Water enrichment due to high plant-nutrient content, speeding up ecological aging.
  18. Resource Resources not replenished by natural processes.
  19. _____ Resources:Raw materials supplied by Earth and its processes.
  20. Animals and plants successfully reproducing the same kind.

41 Clues: Small root. • Relationships between organisms. • List of plant species in an area. • Disintegrated material or debris. • Living components of an ecosystem. • Non-living factor in an environment. • Soil's capacity to adhere to other objects. • Irregular spots of different colors in soil. • Downward movement of water in soil; leaching. • ...

Mesopotamia 2025-12-21

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A river in the western part of the fertile crescent
  2. A person who writes and keeps records
  3. An organized society
  4. Rich soil left behind by floods
  5. A river in the eastern part of the fertile crescent
  6. Wedge-shaped writing system
Down
  1. The belief in many gods
  2. Land between two rivers
  3. A man made waterway
  4. Rich soil that is good for farming
  5. A system used to being water to land
  6. A city that is independent and has its own laws/rules.
  7. The modern day country where Mesopotamia was

13 Clues: A man made waterway • An organized society • The belief in many gods • Land between two rivers • Wedge-shaped writing system • Rich soil left behind by floods • Rich soil that is good for farming • A system used to being water to land • A person who writes and keeps records • The modern day country where Mesopotamia was • A river in the western part of the fertile crescent • ...

Science 2023-10-23

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an increase in BOD and a decrease in DO in aquatic waterways due to run-off of fertilizers or sewage wastes
  2. Retention ponds and Overseeding and Silt screens
  3. Leaching and illuviation and decomposition
  4. The loss of topsoil by wind or water
  5. the best soil for Agricultural yield
  6. This mineral is found in DNA & ATP & teeth
  7. Plants add oxygen by photosynthesis
  8. loss of what leads to broken bird eggs?
  9. Acidic soil is caused by:
  10. Evaporation and Condensation and precipitation
Down
  1. no oxygen and dead zones in the ocean
  2. This mineral forms Proteins & hormones Is also a fertilizer that Contributes to eutrophication
  3. are returned to The soil for plant uptake
  4. No till farming and Contour farming and Terracing and Crop rotation
  5. Created by microbes consuming dead algae
  6. This is created by Heavy rain & leads to the Problem of soil erosion & eutrophication
  7. Silt and Sand or clay
  8. This mineral is not a gas and cycles very slowly and is found in rock
  9. This mineral forms fossil fuels like coal and oil and natural gas
  10. Layer of soil where organic Debris is decomposed &
  11. what is the main concern of runoff in lakes and rivers? (What’s “running off”?)

21 Clues: Silt and Sand or clay • Acidic soil is caused by: • Plants add oxygen by photosynthesis • The loss of topsoil by wind or water • the best soil for Agricultural yield • no oxygen and dead zones in the ocean • loss of what leads to broken bird eggs? • Created by microbes consuming dead algae • are returned to The soil for plant uptake • ...

Soils, Nutrients, Fertilizers 2016-05-19

Soils, Nutrients, Fertilizers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. smallest particle size
  2. measure of the acidity or alkalinity of soils
  3. used for soil conditioning and fertilizer
  4. can be sent to the Department of Soil Science to be evaluated for soil recommendations
  5. deficiency includes mottled and interveinal cholorosis
  6. the most fertile layer of a soil profile
  7. dissolves in water
  8. larger matter added to some horticulture media to promote drainage
  9. deficiency results in decreased growth and slow maturity
  10. largest particle size
  11. nutrient that gives plants their dark green foliage
  12. the size of the soil particles
  13. N, P, K
  14. nutrients required by a plant in large amounts
  15. spreading fertilizer to cover the entire production area
  16. have high carbon to nitrogen ratio
  17. fertilizer that is spread dry and requires water to be released
  18. contains carbon
  19. helps plants intake essential nutrients
  20. the rate of water movement through the soil
  21. urea, sludge, animal tankage
  22. coated uniform fertilizer released over time
  23. tool used to obtain soil samples
  24. how the soil particles fit together
  25. amount of air space between the soil particles
  26. spraying directly on a plant's leaves
Down
  1. soil amendment that makes nitrogen unavailable for plant use
  2. organic soil amendment made of partially decomposed material mined from swamps
  3. B Horizon
  4. also knows as soil layers
  5. placing a band of fertilizer about two inches to the sides and about two inches below seed depth
  6. 10-10-10
  7. also knows as trace elements
  8. _______ displacement physically injects and mixes specific amounts of solution and water
  9. C Horizon
  10. inorganic soil amendment made of light-weight mica material
  11. R Horizon
  12. 20-0-0
  13. nutrient that increases disease resistance, vigor and hardiness
  14. the way in which soil layers are put together
  15. dehydrated remains of acid bog plants
  16. incorporating fertilizer into the watering system of a greenhouse
  17. inorganic soil amendement with a slightly alkaline pH
  18. mixing fertilizer uniformly into the top one to two inches of growing media
  19. the A Horizon is ______ in color due to the amount of organic material in the soil

45 Clues: 20-0-0 • N, P, K • 10-10-10 • B Horizon • C Horizon • R Horizon • contains carbon • dissolves in water • largest particle size • smallest particle size • also knows as soil layers • also knows as trace elements • urea, sludge, animal tankage • the size of the soil particles • tool used to obtain soil samples • have high carbon to nitrogen ratio • how the soil particles fit together • ...

Gardening 2024-04-09

Gardening crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rounded underground storage organ present in some plants.
  2. Plants used for flavoring, food, medicine, or fragrance.
  3. A plant that lives for more than two years.
  4. The propagative part of a plant, often used for starting new plants.
  5. Material spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil.
  6. A method of propagation where tissues of plants are joined together.
  7. To supply water to plants artificially.
  8. A fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs.
  9. The process of removing unwanted plants.
Down
  1. A place where fruit trees grow.
  2. The art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed trees or shrubs.
  3. Soil type that is a mix of sand, silt, and clay.
  4. A framework used to support climbing plants.
  5. Organic matter recycled for fertilizing and conditioning soil.
  6. Act of cutting dead or overgrown branches or stems.
  7. To enrich soil by adding nutrients.
  8. A tool for digging, especially one with a sharp edge, wider than a trowel.
  9. A plant resulting from cross-breeding.
  10. A small hand tool used for digging, applying, smoothing, or moving soil.
  11. A plant that lives and dies in one growing season.

20 Clues: A place where fruit trees grow. • To enrich soil by adding nutrients. • A plant resulting from cross-breeding. • To supply water to plants artificially. • The process of removing unwanted plants. • A plant that lives for more than two years. • A framework used to support climbing plants. • Soil type that is a mix of sand, silt, and clay. • ...

Farming and Soil Review 2024-11-28

Farming and Soil Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A method of controlling pests using their natural enemies
  2. When harmful chemicals build up in a single organism overtime
  3. partly decomposed organic matter
  4. Rows of trees or shrubs that block wind and prevent erosion
  5. A chemical designed to kill weeds
  6. type of food grown without the use of chemicals
  7. Leaves the stubble of the previous crop on the ground
  8. An organic pest control process that plants a crop alongside plants that discourage pests
  9. Type of soil that is dark coloured, crumbles and great for growing most plants
  10. Type of soil that feels slippery when moist and will form a ball when wet
  11. Growing multiple crops in the same field in the same year
Down
  1. Growing a different crop in a field every year so the soil doesn't run out of specific nutrients
  2. Only planting one crop in a field in the same field in the same year
  3. To prepare and use land for crops
  4. _______ material are the rocks and minerals that get broken down to become part of the soil
  5. A chemical designed to kill bugs
  6. a system of large pipes and sprinklers to water crops
  7. Technique used to grow plants without soil
  8. a machine that positions seeds in the soil and covers them with soil
  9. Substance added to the soil to help plants grow
  10. A machine that harvest a crop by cutting and separating the grain
  11. device used to turn over or mix soil
  12. Type of soil that will not form into a ball, is light brown and mostly mineral particles
  13. When harmful chemicals build up in the food chain

24 Clues: A chemical designed to kill bugs • partly decomposed organic matter • To prepare and use land for crops • A chemical designed to kill weeds • device used to turn over or mix soil • Technique used to grow plants without soil • Substance added to the soil to help plants grow • type of food grown without the use of chemicals • ...

Pottery Tools & Techniques 2022-12-14

Pottery Tools & Techniques crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Controlled tossing of clay to prepare for building
  2. Used to add water or smooth surface of clay
  3. Surface to wedge and knead clay on
  4. Element of clay used to heat and harden clay
  5. Scratched lines to prepare clay for jointing
  6. Watered down clay mixture used to join clay pieces
  7. Use the heels of hands to improve clay texture
  8. Wire with 2 handles used for cutting clay
  9. Almost dry clay that is ready for carving
  10. High temperature oven
  11. Important wheel throwing step for symmetry
  12. Method of making bowls with thumb and fingers
Down
  1. Most important tool you have to create with clay
  2. Air dried clay that is ready to fire
  3. Techniques to build clay using ones hands
  4. Tool to build clay using hands and rotating motion
  5. Air trapped in clay that can cause breakage
  6. Element of art used to soften clay
  7. Technique using rolled flat pieces of clay
  8. Element of clay used to dry clay
  9. Tool used for cleaning or carving clay
  10. Used to draw, cut and score clay
  11. element of art used to make clay

23 Clues: High temperature oven • Element of clay used to dry clay • Used to draw, cut and score clay • element of art used to make clay • Surface to wedge and knead clay on • Element of art used to soften clay • Air dried clay that is ready to fire • Tool used for cleaning or carving clay • Techniques to build clay using ones hands • Wire with 2 handles used for cutting clay • ...

AgChem: Soil and Roots 2023-11-08

AgChem: Soil and Roots crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
  2. A vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock showing different layers.
  3. A primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots.
  4. The study of the life and development of plants and the industries they support.
  5. The city where the National FFA Organization was founded in 1928.
  6. A degree awarded to first-year members of the FFA.
  7. An organism that improves soil structure by aerating the soil as it moves through it.
  8. A symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular host plant.
Down
  1. Growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water.
  2. An essential nutrient often found deficient in soil but crucial for plant growth.
  3. Describes a type of soil with large particles and good drainage but low nutrient content.
  4. Describes soil with fine particles that hold water well but have poor drainage.
  5. The region of soil in the immediate vicinity of plant roots where complex interactions occur.
  6. The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root.
  7. The type of soil that is a mix of sand, silt, and clay and is considered ideal for farming.
  8. The distinctive jacket color and material associated with FFA members.
  9. A plant family known for its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen.
  10. The science of soil management and crop production.
  11. Career Development Events that cover job skills in everything from communications to mechanics.
  12. Formerly stood for Future Farmers of America, now the National FFA Organization.

20 Clues: A degree awarded to first-year members of the FFA. • The science of soil management and crop production. • A plant family known for its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. • The city where the National FFA Organization was founded in 1928. • The distinctive jacket color and material associated with FFA members. • ...

Farming and Soil Review 2024-11-28

Farming and Soil Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Technique used to grow plants without soil
  2. Type of soil that feels slippery when moist and will form a ball when wet
  3. type of food grown without the use of chemicals
  4. When harmful chemicals build up in the food chain
  5. When harmful chemicals build up in a single organism overtime
  6. a machine that positions seeds in the soil and covers them with soil
  7. Substance added to the soil to help plants grow
  8. A machine that harvest a crop by cutting and separating the grain
  9. partly decomposed organic matter
  10. A chemical designed to kill weeds
  11. device used to turn over or mix soil
  12. Type of soil that is dark coloured, crumbles and great for growing most plants
  13. To prepare and use land for crops
Down
  1. An organic pest control process that plants a crop alongside plants that discourage pests
  2. _______ material are the rocks and minerals that get broken down to become part of the soil
  3. A chemical designed to kill bugs
  4. Type of soil that will not form into a ball, is light brown and mostly mineral particles
  5. Leaves the stubble of the previous crop on the ground
  6. Rows of trees or shrubs that block wind and prevent erosion
  7. A method of controlling pests using their natural enemies
  8. Only planting one crop in a field in the same field in the same year
  9. a system of large pipes and sprinklers to water crops
  10. Growing multiple crops in the same field in the same year
  11. Growing a different crop in a field every year so the soil doesn't run out of specific nutrients

24 Clues: A chemical designed to kill bugs • partly decomposed organic matter • A chemical designed to kill weeds • To prepare and use land for crops • device used to turn over or mix soil • Technique used to grow plants without soil • type of food grown without the use of chemicals • Substance added to the soil to help plants grow • ...

Mesopotamia 2023-10-18

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long poems that tell the stories of heroes
  2. a legendary Sumerian king and hero of a legend
  3. each worker has a unique job (teacher, doctor, farmer, ...) also known as division of labor
  4. the division of society by rank or class
  5. A society that lived north of Sumer in around 2300 BCE
  6. belief in or worship of more than one god
  7. land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
  8. a way of supplying water to an area of land
  9. ancient Sumerian city, with a powerful government near what is now Baghdad near the Euphrates
  10. writer
  11. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks brought in by river floods, that makes land ideal for farming
  12. people who performed or led religious ceremonies
  13. a central city and all the countryside around it
Down
  1. picture symbols
  2. 282 laws that dealt with everyday life in Babylon
  3. a large arc of rich farmland from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranian Sea
  4. an organized society within a specific area.
  5. the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied (after Christmas sale)
  6. a pyramid-shaped temple that rose high above each city
  7. the world's first writing system, using styluses and clay tablets
  8. human-made waterways used for irrigation
  9. the science of building
  10. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the site of the world's first civilization.
  11. the division of ancient Babylonia in Mesopotamia in around 3000 BCE

24 Clues: writer • picture symbols • the science of building • the division of society by rank or class • human-made waterways used for irrigation • belief in or worship of more than one god • long poems that tell the stories of heroes • a way of supplying water to an area of land • an organized society within a specific area. • a legendary Sumerian king and hero of a legend • ...

APES Land and Water Use Review 2023-05-10

APES Land and Water Use Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when soil remains under water for a prolonged time
  2. seasonal field rotations for crops
  3. natural source of aquifer water percolating the ground
  4. separation of industry and residential areas
  5. well created by drilling a hole into a confined aquifer
  6. horizontal layers in soil
  7. most water efficient irrigation
  8. large indoor/outdoor facility to maximize meat output
  9. a trench that is flooded with water
  10. similar to a suburb but not connected to a city
  11. kills/controls pests
  12. occurs with mass used public resources
  13. period of technological and agricultural growth
  14. entire field is flooded
  15. method of mining that removes strips of land
  16. state of having plentiful wealth
  17. search of precious material in river sediment
  18. commercially harvestable population of fish
  19. the land adjacent to water
  20. pesticide that targets species of insects
  21. uniform logging of most or all trees
  22. layer of rock and sediment containing fresh groundwater
  23. smallest soil particle
Down
  1. unintentional catch of nontarget species when fishing
  2. theory of predictable population growth in countries
  3. destruction of mountaintops for mining
  4. plant cultivation in solution
  5. gradual population shift from rural to urban
  6. precipitation high in sulfuric/nitric acid
  7. farming aquatic organisms such as fish and seaweed
  8. largest soil particle
  9. agricultural technique the intercrops trees and veggies
  10. countries with low income and industrialization
  11. integrated pest management
  12. breakdown of rocks and minerals, either physical/chemical
  13. sprinklers used for irrigation
  14. dry open grassland
  15. physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape
  16. countries with high income and industrialization
  17. soil degradation when salts concentrate on surface soil
  18. known quantity of a material that can be economically recovered
  19. land dominated by trees
  20. element with properties of conductivity
  21. measure of how much an individual consumes, in area of land
  22. concentrated accumulation of minerals
  23. of material size between sand and clay
  24. gross domestic product
  25. mining technique extracting minerals from a pit in the ground
  26. pesticide that targets crop competition
  27. area surrounding a metropolitan area with less population density
  28. urbanized areas spreading into rural areas

51 Clues: dry open grassland • kills/controls pests • largest soil particle • gross domestic product • smallest soil particle • land dominated by trees • entire field is flooded • horizontal layers in soil • integrated pest management • the land adjacent to water • plant cultivation in solution • sprinklers used for irrigation • most water efficient irrigation • state of having plentiful wealth • ...

Geotechnical Crossword 2024-09-04

Geotechnical Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. For metamorphic rocks to form, the process requires heat and _________
  2. Field test where soil is smeared across teeth
  3. Softest rock on earth
  4. The name of this rock type is derived from the latin word for "fire"
  5. Road test completed between 1956 and 1960 which is the basis of many pavement design methods
  6. Oldest rock on earth
  7. Considered the father of modern-day soil mechanics
  8. Small, plate-shaped soil particles
Down
  1. Description of loose, heterogenous deposits found on Earth, Mars, The Moon, and some asteroids
  2. Word to describe layers of sedimentary rock
  3. Tool for sorting soil by size
  4. Geosynthetics are considered an ________ reinforcement type
  5. Poorly graded sand with silt (USCS)
  6. District celebrating 90 years of exceptional public service in 2024
  7. Soils deposited in riverbeds

15 Clues: Oldest rock on earth • Softest rock on earth • Soils deposited in riverbeds • Tool for sorting soil by size • Small, plate-shaped soil particles • Poorly graded sand with silt (USCS) • Word to describe layers of sedimentary rock • Field test where soil is smeared across teeth • Considered the father of modern-day soil mechanics • ...

APES Land and Water Use 2023-05-10

APES Land and Water Use crossword puzzle
Across
  1. well created by drilling a hole into a confined aquifer
  2. the land adjacent to water
  3. area surrounding a metropolitan area with less population density
  4. period of technological and agricultural growth
  5. state of having plentiful wealth
  6. large indoor/outdoor facility to maximize meat output
  7. largest soil particle
  8. layer of rock and sediment containing fresh groundwater
  9. most water efficient irrigation
  10. element with properties of conductivity
  11. uniform logging of most or all trees
  12. agricultural technique the intercrops trees and veggies
  13. a trench that is flooded with water
  14. kills/controls pests
  15. precipitation high in sulfuric/nitric acid
  16. seasonal field rotations for crops
  17. pesticide that targets species of insects
  18. destruction of mountaintops for mining
  19. gross domestic product
  20. breakdown of rocks and minerals, either physical/chemical
  21. of material size between sand and clay
  22. natural source of aquifer water percolating the ground
  23. separation of industry and residential areas
  24. countries with high income and industrialization
  25. pesticide that targets crop competition
  26. theory of predictable population growth in countries
Down
  1. plant cultivation in solution
  2. dry open grassland
  3. search of precious material in river sediment
  4. urbanized areas spreading into rural areas
  5. smallest soil particle
  6. similar to a suburb but not connected to a city
  7. farming aquatic organisms such as fish and seaweed
  8. soil degradation when salts concentrate on surface soil
  9. gradual population shift from rural to urban
  10. occurs with mass used public resources
  11. commercially harvestable population of fish
  12. known quantity of a material that can be economically recovered
  13. concentrated accumulation of minerals
  14. countries with low income and industrialization
  15. land dominated by trees
  16. sprinklers used for irrigation
  17. measure of how much an individual consumes, in area of land
  18. physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape
  19. when soil remains under water for a prolonged time
  20. unintentional catch of nontarget species when fishing
  21. mining technique extracting minerals from a pit in the ground
  22. horizontal layers in soil
  23. entire field is flooded
  24. method of mining that removes strips of land
  25. integrated pest management

51 Clues: dry open grassland • kills/controls pests • largest soil particle • smallest soil particle • gross domestic product • land dominated by trees • entire field is flooded • horizontal layers in soil • the land adjacent to water • integrated pest management • plant cultivation in solution • sprinklers used for irrigation • most water efficient irrigation • state of having plentiful wealth • ...

Land and Water Use Review 2023-05-10

Land and Water Use Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. well created by drilling a hole into a confined aquifer
  2. the land adjacent to water
  3. area surrounding a metropolitan area with less population density
  4. period of technological and agricultural growth
  5. state of having plentiful wealth
  6. large indoor/outdoor facility to maximize meat output
  7. largest soil particle
  8. layer of rock and sediment containing fresh groundwater
  9. most water efficient irrigation
  10. element with properties of conductivity
  11. uniform logging of most or all trees
  12. agricultural technique the intercrops trees and veggies
  13. a trench that is flooded with water
  14. kills/controls pests
  15. precipitation high in sulfuric/nitric acid
  16. seasonal field rotations for crops
  17. pesticide that targets species of insects
  18. destruction of mountaintops for mining
  19. gross domestic product
  20. breakdown of rocks and minerals, either physical/chemical
  21. of material size between sand and clay
  22. natural source of aquifer water percolating the ground
  23. separation of industry and residential areas
  24. countries with high income and industrialization
  25. pesticide that targets crop competition
  26. theory of predictable population growth in countries
Down
  1. plant cultivation in solution
  2. dry open grassland
  3. search of precious material in river sediment
  4. urbanized areas spreading into rural areas
  5. smallest soil particle
  6. similar to a suburb but not connected to a city
  7. farming aquatic organisms such as fish and seaweed
  8. soil degradation when salts concentrate on surface soil
  9. gradual population shift from rural to urban
  10. occurs with mass used public resources
  11. commercially harvestable population of fish
  12. known quantity of a material that can be economically recovered
  13. concentrated accumulation of minerals
  14. countries with low income and industrialization
  15. land dominated by trees
  16. sprinklers used for irrigation
  17. measure of how much an individual consumes, in area of land
  18. physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape
  19. when soil remains under water for a prolonged time
  20. unintentional catch of nontarget species when fishing
  21. mining technique extracting minerals from a pit in the ground
  22. horizontal layers in soil
  23. entire field is flooded
  24. method of mining that removes strips of land
  25. integrated pest management

51 Clues: dry open grassland • kills/controls pests • largest soil particle • smallest soil particle • gross domestic product • land dominated by trees • entire field is flooded • horizontal layers in soil • the land adjacent to water • integrated pest management • plant cultivation in solution • sprinklers used for irrigation • most water efficient irrigation • state of having plentiful wealth • ...

Habitats and Niches 2017-02-15

Habitats and Niches crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Interactions among organisms and between organisms
  2. Factor including air, temperature, precipitation
  3. Type of growth chart with a S curve
  4. Soil ________ helps determine type of soil you have
Down
  1. All conditions that affects survival and reproduction
  2. Reproductively interactive group of animals
  3. Factors such as mates, tress, parasites
  4. Relationships between two organisms
  5. Place an organism Lives
  6. Clay, Sand, and _____ are three soil particles

10 Clues: Place an organism Lives • Relationships between two organisms • Type of growth chart with a S curve • Factors such as mates, tress, parasites • Reproductively interactive group of animals • Clay, Sand, and _____ are three soil particles • Factor including air, temperature, precipitation • Interactions among organisms and between organisms • ...

🌿 Mixed Garden-Themed Crossword Clues (15 Words) 2025-04-30

🌿 Mixed Garden-Themed Crossword Clues (15 Words) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (11) – Green pigment essential for photosynthesis
  2. (4) – Small structure used to store gardening tools
  3. (5) – Material spread over soil to retain moisture
  4. (5) – To trim a plant to encourage growth
  5. (10) – Nutrient-rich substance to help plants grow
  6. (3) – Common climbing plant
  7. (5) – Tool for digging in the garden
  8. (10) – Glass building used to grow plants in controlled conditions
  9. (3) – Tool used for weeding or shaping soil
Down
  1. (14) – Process by which plants make food using sunlight
  2. (7) – Decomposed organic matter used to enrich soil
  3. (4) – The part of the plant that anchors it and absorbs water
  4. (5) – Unwanted plants in a garden
  5. (4) – Tool used for collecting leaves or levelling soil
  6. (9) – To begin to grow from a seed
  7. (8) – Source of energy for photosynthesis
  8. (11) – Tool with a wheel used to carry garden loads
  9. (9) – To transfer pollen for fertilization
  10. (6) – Small handheld tool for planting and digging
  11. (4) – Earth in which plants grow

20 Clues: (3) – Common climbing plant • (4) – Earth in which plants grow • (5) – Unwanted plants in a garden • (9) – To begin to grow from a seed • (5) – Tool for digging in the garden • (8) – Source of energy for photosynthesis • (5) – To trim a plant to encourage growth • (9) – To transfer pollen for fertilization • (3) – Tool used for weeding or shaping soil • ...

Clay Terms and Rules 2024-01-25

Clay Terms and Rules crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A special kind of earth used to make art
  2. Building method using long snakes of clay
  3. Tool Tool used to score clay
  4. You have to wrap your clay in this at the end of the day
  5. How many points will get taken off your grade if you throw clay
  6. Building method for clay using a rolling pin
  7. You have to put this many coats of glaze on your clay
  8. The amount of clay tools we learned about
  9. The two things you have to do to attach clay together
  10. When clay has no moisture left
  11. Surface quality of the clay
  12. Building method using a pottery wheel
Down
  1. When clay has been fired once
  2. Cross-hatching lines on clay
  3. When clay has been fired after glazing
  4. A tool used to cut clay
  5. Liquid glass used to decorate clay
  6. You have to put your clay in this at the end of the day
  7. Metal tool used to smooth clay
  8. The type of clay we use
  9. Building method by pinching and poking clay with fingers
  10. A tool used to smooth out clay when wet
  11. Oven that clay gets fired in
  12. Liquid clay

24 Clues: Liquid clay • A tool used to cut clay • The type of clay we use • Surface quality of the clay • Cross-hatching lines on clay • Oven that clay gets fired in • When clay has been fired once • Metal tool used to smooth clay • When clay has no moisture left • Tool Tool used to score clay • Liquid glass used to decorate clay • Building method using a pottery wheel • ...

Soil 2022-08-26

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planting When you plant plants together to improve their health and growth
  2. Good for Water Retention
  3. Which type of soil has the smallest particles
  4. vitamins and minerals that are needed by the plants and any living thing.
  5. which type of soil has the biggest particles
Down
  1. made up of Minerals, organic matter, water and air.
  2. Is made up of organic nutrients
  3. Is a mixture of different soils
  4. Which type of soil has the middle size particles
  5. fully decayed organic matter that has turned compost into soil

10 Clues: Good for Water Retention • Is made up of organic nutrients • Is a mixture of different soils • which type of soil has the biggest particles • Which type of soil has the smallest particles • Which type of soil has the middle size particles • made up of Minerals, organic matter, water and air. • fully decayed organic matter that has turned compost into soil • ...

Soil Crossword puzzle 2023-12-07

Soil Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. smallest particle
  2. Earthen materials are worn away
  3. laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water.
  4. the largest particle
  5. the intermediate-sized particle
Down
  1. wear away of rocks
  2. the loss of nutrients and materials through soil
  3. Horizions layers of soil
  4. Arragement the arrangement of the soil
  5. Matter small creatures and plants die over time i

10 Clues: smallest particle • wear away of rocks • the largest particle • Horizions layers of soil • Earthen materials are worn away • the intermediate-sized particle • Arragement the arrangement of the soil • the loss of nutrients and materials through soil • Matter small creatures and plants die over time i • laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water.

Soil Crossword puzzle 2023-12-07

Soil Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. smallest particle
  2. Earthen materials are worn away
  3. laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water.
  4. the largest particle
  5. the intermediate-sized particle
Down
  1. wear away of rocks
  2. the loss of nutrients and materials through soil
  3. Horizions layers of soil
  4. Arragement the arrangement of the soil
  5. Matter small creatures and plants die over time i

10 Clues: smallest particle • wear away of rocks • the largest particle • Horizions layers of soil • Earthen materials are worn away • the intermediate-sized particle • Arragement the arrangement of the soil • the loss of nutrients and materials through soil • Matter small creatures and plants die over time i • laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water.

Resources and Soil 2022-12-09

Resources and Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this soil type is a mixture of all the soil types and the best for growing plants.
  2. an example of a type of nonrenewable resource that isn't a fossil fuel.
  3. the largest soil type that's smooth but not moldable.
  4. these resources are made by animal and plant remains.
  5. the color soil that has a lot of organic matter or nutrients
  6. this size particle that holds a lot of water.
  7. what renewable and nonrenewable resource are.
  8. Resources that are limited and take a long time to make.
  9. Resources that can be used over and over again.
Down
  1. this physical property tells you if a soil type has a lot of nutrients or not.
  2. when you aren't wasteful and protect your natural resources.
  3. this size particle doesn't hold water well.
  4. the type of soil type that gets sticky when wet.
  5. this soil type doesn't hold water well and is rough.
  6. means to hold on to water.
  7. one of the ways to conserve resources, by using less of it.
  8. one of the ways to conserve, you can make new products from old products instead of throwing it away.
  9. one of the ways to conserve, when you use something again instead of throwing it away.

18 Clues: means to hold on to water. • this size particle doesn't hold water well. • this size particle that holds a lot of water. • what renewable and nonrenewable resource are. • Resources that can be used over and over again. • the type of soil type that gets sticky when wet. • this soil type doesn't hold water well and is rough. • ...

CERAMICS 2 REVIEW PUZZLE 2025-01-21

CERAMICS 2 REVIEW PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. FLAT SHEET OF CLAY
  2. SOFT, PLIABLE CLAY, BEST TO BUILD
  3. CLAY GLUE, 50% WATER 50% CLAY
  4. BUILDING WITH ROPES OR SNAKES OF CLAY
  5. USING A POTTER'S WHEEL TO CREATE CLAY FORMS
  6. PREPARING CLAY BY KNEADING OR SLAMMING TO REMOVE AIR BUBBLES
  7. FIRST PEOPLE TO USE CLAY
  8. DECORATIVE GLASS COLOR THAT CAN GO ON UNFIRED OR FIRED CLAY
  9. WHERE YOU FIND CLAY
  10. DECORATIVE CERAMIC COLOR, DOESN'T BLEED
  11. REMOVING ONE COLOR LAYER TO EXPOSE COLOR BELOW
  12. CLAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIRED
  13. CLAY FIRED ONE TIME AND READY TO DECORATE
  14. WATER BASED COLOR APPLIED ON FIRED CLAY, DOES NOT GET FIRED BUT SPRAYED WITH CLEAR COAT
  15. TO POKE OR CREATE A HOLE IN CLAY
  16. LIQUID GLASS
Down
  1. SECOND FIRE OF CLAY WITH DECORATIVE FINISH ON
  2. FIRST FIRE OF GREENWARE CLAY
  3. LOW FIRE CLAY WE USE IN CLASS
  4. CLAY FIRED A SECOND TIME WITH A DECORATIVE COLOR
  5. TO BUILD UP THE SURFACE OF CLAY
  6. TO SCRATCH THE CLAY SURFACE
  7. CLAY THAT IS SET UP AND BEST TO CARVE
  8. OVEN TO FIRE CLAY PIECES
  9. PUSH, PULL, CARVE, AND FORMING METHOD TO BUILD OBJECTS OF CLAY
  10. TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CLAY SURFACE
  11. COMPLETELY DRY CLAY, READY TO FIRE

27 Clues: LIQUID GLASS • FLAT SHEET OF CLAY • WHERE YOU FIND CLAY • FIRST PEOPLE TO USE CLAY • OVEN TO FIRE CLAY PIECES • TO SCRATCH THE CLAY SURFACE • FIRST FIRE OF GREENWARE CLAY • CLAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FIRED • LOW FIRE CLAY WE USE IN CLASS • CLAY GLUE, 50% WATER 50% CLAY • TO BUILD UP THE SURFACE OF CLAY • TO POKE OR CREATE A HOLE IN CLAY • SOFT, PLIABLE CLAY, BEST TO BUILD • ...

Chapter 4 Land, Air, and Water Resources 2021-05-26

Chapter 4 Land, Air, and Water Resources crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long period of low precipitation.
  2. The advance of desert-like conditions into areas that previously were fertile.
  3. The layer of soil below topsoil that has less plant and animal matter than topsoil and contains mostly clay and other minerals.
  4. Polluted liquid produced by water passing through and dissolving chemicals from buried wastes in a landfill.
  5. The process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials.
  6. The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.
  7. A substance that causes pollution.
  8. The layer of the upper atmosphere that contains a higher concentration of ozone than the rest of the atmosphere.
Down
  1. The crumbly, topmost layer of soil made up of clay and other minerals and humus.
  2. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms.
  3. Pollutants that are released into the air.
  4. The water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets, and showers.
  5. A colorless, odorless, radioactive gas.

13 Clues: A substance that causes pollution. • A long period of low precipitation. • A colorless, odorless, radioactive gas. • Pollutants that are released into the air. • The process of reclaiming and reusing raw materials. • The water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets, and showers. • ...

Ceramics Vocab 2025-02-06

Ceramics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. construction made of joined flat pieces of clay
  2. carvable stage of clay
  3. handbuilding technique using only fingers
  4. 1st firing
  5. workable stage of clay
  6. Unfired clay
  7. 2nd firing
  8. kneading the clay
  9. string like piece of clay
  10. ceramic oven
Down
  1. dry unfired clay that has no moisture
  2. oldest ceramics technique
  3. flat pieces of clay
  4. Glue for clay
  5. clay in a powder stage
  6. clay hoining technique
  7. fired clay with glaze
  8. fired clay with glaze
  9. "cooking" the clay
  10. Construction using string like pieces of clay
  11. explodes in the kiln
  12. ceramic paint(glassy after fired)

22 Clues: 1st firing • 2nd firing • Unfired clay • ceramic oven • Glue for clay • kneading the clay • "cooking" the clay • flat pieces of clay • explodes in the kiln • fired clay with glaze • fired clay with glaze • clay in a powder stage • carvable stage of clay • clay hoining technique • workable stage of clay • oldest ceramics technique • string like piece of clay • ceramic paint(glassy after fired) • ...

Կտակ գանձի մասին 2025-11-06

Կտակ գանձի մասին crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deep
  2. smart
  3. death
  4. child
  5. to become rich
  6. place
  7. poor
  8. to labor, to drive
  9. will
  10. product, crop
  11. child
Down
  1. treasure
  2. lazy
  3. տալ to show
  4. enough
  5. eager
  6. to dig
  7. garden
  8. soil, land
  9. to find
  10. every each one, individual
  11. to work
  12. to bury
  13. call

24 Clues: lazy • deep • poor • will • call • smart • eager • death • child • place • child • enough • to dig • garden • to find • to work • to bury • treasure • soil, land • տալ to show • product, crop • to become rich • to labor, to drive • every each one, individual

Mesopotamia Vocab 2024-02-08

Mesopotamia Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area of Mesopotamia that had very rich soil
  2. A way of getting water to crops
  3. A person who makes something, like cloth or tools
  4. A person who records important events
Down
  1. How the Sumerians were grouped in Mesopotamia
  2. A temple built to honor a god
  3. Extra goods
  4. A rock or piece of wood used to record important information
  5. Sumerian writing
  6. A dam, meant to block the flow of water
  7. The belief in more than one god
  8. Rich, fertile soil

12 Clues: Extra goods • Sumerian writing • Rich, fertile soil • A temple built to honor a god • The belief in more than one god • A way of getting water to crops • A person who records important events • A dam, meant to block the flow of water • How the Sumerians were grouped in Mesopotamia • An area of Mesopotamia that had very rich soil • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-11-15

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  2. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  3. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
  4. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  5. the belief in more than one god
  6. the division of society by different levels or class
  7. a ruler of an empire
  8. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  9. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  10. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  11. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
Down
  1. countryside areas
  2. writer
  3. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  4. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  5. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  6. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  7. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  8. picture symbols
  9. extra; more than what's needed
  10. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  11. the science of building
  12. city areas
  13. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures

24 Clues: writer • city areas • picture symbols • countryside areas • a ruler of an empire • the science of building • a pyramid-shaped temple tower • extra; more than what's needed • the belief in more than one god • a person who performs religious ceremonies • a way of supplying water to crops and fields • a city with its surrounding countryside areas • ...

North Africa's vocab 2020-03-24

North Africa's vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a chemical salt used to make fertilizer
  2. small particles of rich soil good for farming
  3. an underground layer of rock through which water flows
Down
  1. a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food
  2. a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert
  3. an area where sand, silt, clay or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river.
  4. a large area of sand

7 Clues: a large area of sand • a chemical salt used to make fertilizer • small particles of rich soil good for farming • an underground layer of rock through which water flows • a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food • a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-11-15

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  2. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  3. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  4. picture symbols
  5. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  6. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  7. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  8. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures
  9. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  10. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  11. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
  12. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
Down
  1. the science of building
  2. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  3. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  4. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  5. extra; more than what's needed
  6. the division of society by different levels or class
  7. the belief in more than one god
  8. writer
  9. countryside areas
  10. a ruler of an empire
  11. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  12. city areas

24 Clues: writer • city areas • picture symbols • countryside areas • a ruler of an empire • the science of building • a pyramid-shaped temple tower • extra; more than what's needed • the belief in more than one god • a person who performs religious ceremonies • a way of supplying water to crops and fields • a city with its surrounding countryside areas • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-11-15

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  2. picture symbols
  3. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  4. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  5. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  6. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  7. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  8. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  9. city areas
  10. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
  11. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
Down
  1. extra; more than what's needed
  2. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  3. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  4. the division of society by different levels or class
  5. countryside areas
  6. the belief in more than one god
  7. the science of building
  8. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures
  9. a ruler of an empire
  10. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  11. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  12. writer
  13. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

24 Clues: writer • city areas • picture symbols • countryside areas • a ruler of an empire • the science of building • a pyramid-shaped temple tower • extra; more than what's needed • the belief in more than one god • a person who performs religious ceremonies • a way of supplying water to crops and fields • a city with its surrounding countryside areas • ...

Oklahoma Geography 2024-08-29

Oklahoma Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dense forests cover mountains and hills in this eastern area of the state.
  2. Runner up to be the State Capital.
  3. the highest point in the state.
  4. Area refers to a large city and surrounding suburbs.
  5. This river flows west of Tulsa. Like most rivers in Oklahoma, the ___ flows from the northwest the southeast.
  6. In the eastern side of the state, fertile soil allows farmers to grow plenty of fruit and vegetables.
  7. The State Capital.
  8. In the center of the state, this region west of Tulsa has prairie and sandstone.
  9. This region is known for lower elevation and rich soil, allowing a variety of crops to be grown.
  10. The hilly region in western Oklahoma known for a combination of canyons, mesas, rivers, and lakes.
Down
  1. Most diverse minerals in the state, these mountains also have a 77-foot waterfall.
  2. Known as the "Oil Capital of the World".
  3. The Panhandle of the state, the High Plains region is known for grasslands and the Black Mesa.
  4. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
  5. Mountains in the Southwest, known for having grass mixed in with giant boulders.
  6. Open plains with sand dunes and reddish-orange clay covered canyons.
  7. This highway is known as one of the most significant influences in Oklahoma.
  8. In the northeastern corner of the state, plateaus are highly elevated but relatively level.
  9. The State nickname.
  10. Ida Glenn found pools of oil here.

20 Clues: The State Capital. • The State nickname. • the highest point in the state. • Runner up to be the State Capital. • Ida Glenn found pools of oil here. • Something you can buy, sell, or trade. • Known as the "Oil Capital of the World". • Area refers to a large city and surrounding suburbs. • Open plains with sand dunes and reddish-orange clay covered canyons. • ...

Soils 2017-10-16

Soils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
  2. The action of plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
  3. chemical or natural substance added to soil or land.
  4. A mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
  5. The separation of organic compounds.
  6. A diagram which shows how each of these 12 textures is classified based on the percent of sand, silt, and clay in the kind of soil.
  7. The top layer of soil.
Down
  1. The breaking down of rocks from erosion, water, and wind
  2. Matter that has come from a recently living organism.
  3. The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organism sand the physical environment.
  4. An indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil.
  5. The disintegrated rock material usually unconsolidated and unchanged or only slightly changed that underlies and generally gives rise to the true soil by the natural process of soil development.
  6. A dark brown or black colloidal mass of partially decomposed organic matter in the soil.
  7. Cultivation in which different crops are sown in alternate strips to prevent soil erosion.
  8. A type of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.

15 Clues: The top layer of soil. • The separation of organic compounds. • An indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil. • chemical or natural substance added to soil or land. • Matter that has come from a recently living organism. • The breaking down of rocks from erosion, water, and wind • ...

Envr Field Methods 2023-04-03

Envr Field Methods crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of elements are these in soil?: pb, cd, hg
  2. Horizon Layer of soil that contains the most leaf litter
  3. Tool used for extracting uniform volume of soil
  4. When collecting leaves for sampling, we want the most recent _____ leaf
Down
  1. _______ is a layer of soil found in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. Machine to measure absorbances of light
  3. One of the most common soil types on Sweet Briar campus.
  4. One of the most common element in fertilizers.
  5. indication of suitability for root growth
  6. Adds additional nutrients to soil

10 Clues: Adds additional nutrients to soil • Machine to measure absorbances of light • indication of suitability for root growth • One of the most common element in fertilizers. • Tool used for extracting uniform volume of soil • What type of elements are these in soil?: pb, cd, hg • One of the most common soil types on Sweet Briar campus. • ...

Biomes 2025-12-03

Biomes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land area that drains into rivers
  2. Moving freshwater (like rivers)
  3. Warm, wet biome near the equator
  4. Plant with flexible, non-woody stems
  5. Slow downhill movement of soil in tundra
  6. Still freshwater (like lakes)
  7. Biome where evaporation exceeds rainfall
  8. Largest biome in North America
  9. Loss of soil by wind or water
  10. Marine biome covering most of Earth
  11. Hard, calcium carbonate soil layer
  12. Tree group with needles and cones
  13. Landforms with multiple biomes on one slope
  14. Northern forest dominated by conifers
Down
  1. Forest with moderate temperatures and rich soils
  2. Where a river meets the ocean
  3. Nutrient-poor “stone soil” in deserts
  4. Plant that lives multiple years
  5. Treeless, cold biome north of Arctic Circle
  6. Tree that loses its leaves annually
  7. Imaginary line dividing Earth horizontally
  8. Another name for boreal forest
  9. Grassland ecosystem with deep, fertile soil
  10. Grassland biome maintained by fire
  11. Symbiotic organism common in tundra
  12. Plant that grows on another plant
  13. Ecosystem dominated by evergreen shrubs

27 Clues: Where a river meets the ocean • Still freshwater (like lakes) • Loss of soil by wind or water • Another name for boreal forest • Largest biome in North America • Plant that lives multiple years • Moving freshwater (like rivers) • Warm, wet biome near the equator • Land area that drains into rivers • Plant that grows on another plant • Tree group with needles and cones • ...

Green Thumb 2025-12-17

Green Thumb crossword puzzle
Across
  1. — Decayed organic matter
  2. — Where surplus plants are sold
  3. — Natural soil amendment
  4. — Creating new plants
  5. — Ideal garden soil mix
  6. — Cold-weather threat
  7. — Young sprouted plant
  8. — Low-growing culinary herb
  9. — Climate-based planting guide
  10. — Woody perennial herb
  11. — Clippings used to grow plants
  12. — Cutting back for growth
  13. — Slow, root-level irrigation
  14. — Soil-covering material
  15. — Removing spent blooms
  16. — Cultivating plants for pleasure or food
  17. — Two-year plant cycle
  18. — Plant-shopping destination
Down
  1. — Move a plant to a new spot
  2. — Plant that returns yearly
  3. — Soil’s ability to shed water
  4. — Plant nutrient source
  5. — Bright green garnish herb
  6. — Spreading aromatic herb
  7. — Essential plant care
  8. — Controlled growing structure
  9. — Amount of daily light
  10. — Pot-confined condition
  11. — Tender annual herb
  12. — Nutrient-rich surface layer
  13. — Culinary plant collection
  14. — Soft-leaved savoury herb
  15. — Fragrant purple perennial
  16. — Container soil blend
  17. — Soil acidity measure
  18. — Colour-shifting flowering shrub
  19. — Able to survive cold
  20. — Low-light condition
  21. — One-season bloomer

39 Clues: — Tender annual herb • — One-season bloomer • — Creating new plants • — Cold-weather threat • — Low-light condition • — Essential plant care • — Young sprouted plant • — Woody perennial herb • — Container soil blend • — Soil acidity measure • — Able to survive cold • — Two-year plant cycle • — Plant nutrient source • — Ideal garden soil mix • — Amount of daily light • — Removing spent blooms • ...

The Nature of Soil 2020-09-03

The Nature of Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the largest size particle
  2. the mid sized soil particle
  3. to change for the better
  4. the accumulation of decayed or partially decayed plants, animals, roots, and living organisms
  5. the outer portion of the earth’s crust that supports plant growth
Down
  1. the exchange of gases between the soil and atmosphere
  2. the (non living) substances that come from weathered rock to form soil
  3. the smallest size soil particle
  4. organic matter that has reached a point of stability (will not break down any further)
  5. the ease at which soil can be easily worked

10 Clues: to change for the better • the largest size particle • the mid sized soil particle • the smallest size soil particle • the ease at which soil can be easily worked • the exchange of gases between the soil and atmosphere • the outer portion of the earth’s crust that supports plant growth • the (non living) substances that come from weathered rock to form soil • ...

Rich Doughs Crossword 2021-05-20

Rich Doughs Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is rolled into rolled-in dough?
  2. What is the preferred fat for roll-in dough?
  3. Name one product that has Cinnamon sugar, streusel topping, almond filling, and clear glaze used in the production of?
  4. A rich, crescent-shaped roll made from a rolled-in dough that is low in sugar.
  5. A sweet, rolled-in dough made into many shapes, usually with a sweet filling or topping.
  6. What is one name for the dough when you enclose fat in rich dough and then roll and fold the dough?
  7. When should Danish pastries and many sweet dough products should be glazed with a clear or apricot glaze?
  8. Why is it important not to overmix rolled-in doughs?
  9. Another name for a Danish twist is a _____.
  10. What is the mixing method for most rich doughs and why?
Down
  1. Are coffee cakes, filled coffee cakes, loaf coffee cakes, Danish pretzels, and Danish strip coffee cakes made from plain sweet dough or Danish dough, or both?
  2. What is created when many layers of fat are sandwiched between many layers of dough in rolled-in dough?
  3. What Italian rich sweet dough contains raisins, almonds, nutmeg, rum, orange, and lemon?
  4. What is frangipane made from?
  5. a yeast roll rich in butter and eggs but relatively low in sugar, often made up with a little round topknot and baked in flaring, fluted tins.
  6. a sweet yeast roll soaked in rum-flavored syrup.
  7. Which pastry requires a small round piece of dough to be pressed into a larger round piece of dough?
  8. What temperature is sweet dough proofed below and why?
  9. When is osmotolerant yeast used: when the fat or sugar content of the dough is above 12%?
  10. What are three main differences between rich doughs and lean doughs?
  11. For best results, how many times are Danish dough products egg-washed?

21 Clues: What is frangipane made from? • What is rolled into rolled-in dough? • Another name for a Danish twist is a _____. • What is the preferred fat for roll-in dough? • a sweet yeast roll soaked in rum-flavored syrup. • Why is it important not to overmix rolled-in doughs? • What temperature is sweet dough proofed below and why? • ...

Weathering and Soil 2025-09-30

Weathering and Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The soil layer that contains weathered rock
  2. Oxidation is a chemical reaction in which a substance combines with _____.
  3. The most common agent transporting sediment is ______ water
  4. Fertility is the ability of soil to _______ agricultural plant growth
  5. Rocks that are broken down and their composition changes through this process
  6. Sediment are small, solid pieces of material from rocks or _________.
  7. The type of weathering favored by cold climates
  8. Bedrock is a layer of solid rock found beneath the ______
  9. Abrasion is the process of rocks and particles scraping against one another, ________ away their surfaces
  10. Soil is classified into how many major orders?
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  1. The top layer of soil, rich in organic material
  2. The idea that Earth’s features have formed gradually by _____ processes that are still occurring.
  3. The soil layer that undergoes the most change and no longer resembles parent material
  4. The principle that chemical reactions occur faster at higher ______
  5. The breakdown of rocks into smaller particles by natural processes
  6. The vertical section of soil that ranges from the surface to the bedrock
  7. The medium-sized soil particles that retain water
  8. Humus is the dark, highly _______ organic matter in soil
  9. Mechanical weathering is the physical breakdown of rocks without changing their ______ composition
  10. Erosion is the process by which _______ of rock are loosened and carried away

20 Clues: The soil layer that contains weathered rock • Soil is classified into how many major orders? • The top layer of soil, rich in organic material • The type of weathering favored by cold climates • The medium-sized soil particles that retain water • Humus is the dark, highly _______ organic matter in soil • Bedrock is a layer of solid rock found beneath the ______ • ...

SoilsA chemical or natural substance added to soil or land. 2017-10-16

SoilsA chemical or natural substance added to soil or land. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The action of plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
  2. The breaking down of rocks from erosion, water, and wind.
  3. The top layer of soil.
  4. A mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
  5. A chemical or natural substance added to soil or land.
  6. An indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil.
  7. A diagram which shows how each of these 12 textures is classified based on the percent of sand, silt, and clay in the kind of soil.
  8. Matter that has come from a recently living organism.
Down
  1. Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
  2. A type of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.
  3. A dark brown or black colloidal mass of partially decomposed organic matter in the soil.
  4. The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organism sand the physical environment.
  5. The disintegrated rock material usually unconsolidated and unchanged or only slightly changed that underlies and generally gives rise to the true soil by the natural process of soil development.
  6. Cultivation in which different crops are sown in alternate strips to prevent soil erosion.
  7. The separation of organic compounds.

15 Clues: The top layer of soil. • The separation of organic compounds. • An indication of the acidity or alkalinity of soil. • Matter that has come from a recently living organism. • A chemical or natural substance added to soil or land. • The breaking down of rocks from erosion, water, and wind. • ...

Soils 2022-02-24

Soils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the top part of the soil is
  2. little or no plant or animal life
  3. from 7 to 14 on the ph scale is called
  4. the soil is good for growing dogwood
  5. what is the hardest soil
  6. a thin layer of dirt covering the earth
Down
  1. the bottom part of the soil is
  2. the biggest part that makes up soil is
  3. from 0 to 7 on the ph scale is called
  4. poor in humus and rich in minerals
  5. what is the best soil

11 Clues: what is the best soil • what is the hardest soil • the top part of the soil is • the bottom part of the soil is • little or no plant or animal life • poor in humus and rich in minerals • the soil is good for growing dogwood • from 0 to 7 on the ph scale is called • the biggest part that makes up soil is • from 7 to 14 on the ph scale is called • ...

Types of Soil 2023-11-30

Types of Soil crossword puzzle
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  1. material Comes from plants, insects, birds, animals, or any other thing that was once alive. As the decomposers, such as any organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material, eat the dead organisms, and then excrete their waste, the soil becomes richer and darker.
  2. The original parent rock from which smaller particles have been removed by weathering and erosion.
  3. Sand measures 2.0 mm to 0.06 mm. Silt measures 0.06 mm to 0.002 mm. Clay measures less than 0.002 mm
  4. The average weather conditions of an area over time, usually about thirty years.
  5. The upper, outermost layer of soil, usually the top 5–10 inches (13–25 cm). It has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs. Topsoil is composed of mineral particles, organic matter, water, and air.
  6. The size of the particles creates texture in the soil and it determines the amount of moisture and air that can be in the soil.
  7. The process by which sediments are laid down in new locations. The smaller particles become part of the soil in an area.
  8. Ability to transmit air and water through porous rock or sediments.
  9. The destructive process by which materials at or near the surface are changed in color, texture, composition, firmness, or form. The beginning of erosion.
  10. Made of loose, weathered rock and organic material in which plants with roots can grow. The rock material is composed of sand, silt, and clay.
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  1. The ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crops.
  2. Individual particles that have been carried from another place by wind, moving water, gravity or glacial action, then deposited in a new place.
  3. A process that changes the chemical composition of the surface of the rock and breaks it down into smaller pieces.
  4. Naturally occurring inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and definite chemical composition.
  5. The process by which weathered rock and soil are removed and then carried from one place to another.

15 Clues: The ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crops. • Ability to transmit air and water through porous rock or sediments. • The average weather conditions of an area over time, usually about thirty years. • The original parent rock from which smaller particles have been removed by weathering and erosion. • ...

SOIL 2023-01-30

SOIL crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layers of soil are referred to as ____
  2. The breaking down of rocks by the action of wind,water and climate is called ____
  3. This occurs as a deposit in river beds
  4. This layer of soil is hard and difficult to dig with a spade
  5. This soil is the mixture of sand, clay and silt
Down
  1. Vertical section through different layers of the soil is called the soil ____
  2. It supports the growth of plants by holding the roots firmly and supplying water and nutrients
  3. It is the rotting dead matter in the soil
  4. This soil is used to make pots, toys and statues
  5. This crop is grown in sandy loam soil

10 Clues: This crop is grown in sandy loam soil • Layers of soil are referred to as ____ • This occurs as a deposit in river beds • It is the rotting dead matter in the soil • This soil is the mixture of sand, clay and silt • This soil is used to make pots, toys and statues • This layer of soil is hard and difficult to dig with a spade • ...

8th Grade Clay Vocab 2023-03-30

8th Grade Clay Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rolling clay in ropelike pieces.
  2. Adding a piece onto clay.
  3. Paint for clay.
  4. Used to cut, carve, add details to clay.
  5. Sharp tool with blade.
  6. Making marks on clay to connect pieces.
  7. Carving away clay.
  8. Used to flatten clay.
Down
  1. Clay that has been fired once.
  2. Creating clay with your hands.
  3. Manipulating clay by pinching.
  4. Material found in the ground used to create ceramics.
  5. Oven used for hardening clay.
  6. Dry clay that has not been fired.
  7. Applying heat to harden clay.
  8. A tool that sculpts clay.
  9. Used to carve clay.
  10. Clay and water.
  11. Used to smooth clay.

19 Clues: Paint for clay. • Clay and water. • Carving away clay. • Used to carve clay. • Used to smooth clay. • Used to flatten clay. • Sharp tool with blade. • A tool that sculpts clay. • Adding a piece onto clay. • Oven used for hardening clay. • Applying heat to harden clay. • Clay that has been fired once. • Creating clay with your hands. • Manipulating clay by pinching. • ...

Composting and Edible Plant Parts in Family and Consumer Sciences 2024-10-25

Composting and Edible Plant Parts in Family and Consumer Sciences crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Some farms adopt composting as a sustainable practice, enriching soil and improving crop yield.
  2. Composting diverts approximately 30% of waste from landfills, significantly reducing environmental impact.
  3. Requires active management, generating high temperatures to kill pathogens efficiently.
  4. Composting is the process where organic waste is transformed into compost via decomposition.
  5. Includes vegetable peels, fruit scraps, and eggshells, which are rich in nutrients.
  6. Carrots, beets, & sweet potatoes
  7. Educational programs teach students about composting, fostering environmental awareness and responsibility.
  8. Spinach, kale, & swish chard
  9. This category consists of food scraps, grass clippings, and coffee grounds, which add nitrogen to the mix.
  10. Enriches soil with essential nutrients, promoting better plant growth and healthier crops.
  11. These materials include dry leaves, straw, and cardboard, providing carbon to the compost.
  12. Urban areas implement composting to enhance soil health, promoting sustainable gardening.
Down
  1. Utilizes worms to accelerate the composting process and produce nutrient-rich worm castings.
  2. Non-glossy items like newspaper and cardboard contribute carbon to compost.
  3. Consists of grass clippings, leaves, and small branches, essential for compost health.
  4. A more passive method involving less management, leading to longer decomposition times.
  5. Compost enhances soil structure, improving aeration and moisture retention, which benefits plant growth.
  6. Bacteria, fungi, and other decomposers are essential for breaking down organic matter during composting.
  7. Celery, asparagus, & rhubarb
  8. Broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes

20 Clues: Celery, asparagus, & rhubarb • Spinach, kale, & swish chard • Carrots, beets, & sweet potatoes • Broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes • Non-glossy items like newspaper and cardboard contribute carbon to compost. • Includes vegetable peels, fruit scraps, and eggshells, which are rich in nutrients. • ...

Ceramics Terminology 2021-11-08

Ceramics Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay that is drier but still carvable
  2. type of clay that is used in porcelain
  3. technique used when we made the mugs
  4. throwing the clay to release air pockets
  5. bone dry clay is very
  6. clay paint with glass particles
  7. clay paint with no glass particles
  8. clay can't go down the
  9. handbuilding method that involves squeezing clay
  10. oven used to bake clay
  11. any clay after second firing
  12. type of pin used to flatten the clay
  13. any clay after first firing
  14. if wet clay goes in the kiln it will
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  1. cutting into the clay
  2. type of clay that is low fire and red
  3. long rope of clay
  4. type of clay that is midfire and grey
  5. wet clay
  6. when air heats up it
  7. used to make symmetrical bowls
  8. technique used when we made the tealights
  9. any clay not fired yet
  10. material placed on table to avoid clay sticking
  11. pressing firmly on clay to release air pockets
  12. knife used to carve the clay
  13. sketch used to map out your design
  14. stage of clay before first firing
  15. flat clay

29 Clues: wet clay • flat clay • long rope of clay • when air heats up it • cutting into the clay • bone dry clay is very • any clay not fired yet • clay can't go down the • oven used to bake clay • any clay after first firing • knife used to carve the clay • any clay after second firing • used to make symmetrical bowls • clay paint with glass particles • stage of clay before first firing • ...

Rock Cycle Puzzle 2023-12-19

Rock Cycle Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Repetitive layering in metamorphic rocks.
  2. A mixture of molten found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  3. Minerals that are lighIntermediate
  4. CO₃²
  5. When water travels through rock dissolves some of the minerals.
  6. Minerals that are dark in color.
  7. An organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock.
  8. Metamorphicmorphic shale.
  9. A body of intrusive igneous rock
  10. Produced when magma exits and cools above
  11. Potassium felspar, Quartz, Plagioclase feldspar,Biotite,etc
  12. The movement of small rock particles from one place to another.
  13. Affecting rocks over an extensive area.
  14. The process in which sediments compact under pressure.
  15. Close in proximity to an igneous intrusion.
  16. Hot molten that erupts from a volcano.
  17. Sidlitfy within the earth
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  1. Necessary component of metamorphic rocks.
  2. A measure of fluid's resistance to flow.
  3. When a liquid turns into a gas.
  4. A sedimentary rock made of rounded pebbles and sand.
  5. A rock formed from angular gravel and boulder-sized clasts cemented together in a matrix.
  6. High-grade grade metamorphic rock.
  7. Necessary component of metamorphic rocks.
  8. Rocks are composed of broken pieces of older rocks.
  9. The deterioration of rocks, soils, and minerals.
  10. When rocks, pebbles, or particles, composed of soil, clay, or silt, are carried from one location and left at another.
  11. Coal, lignite, oil shale, or black shale.
  12. The action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material.
  13. Do not have aligned mineral crystals
  14. The diameter of individual pieces of sediments.
  15. SiO₂

32 Clues: CO₃² • SiO₂ • Metamorphicmorphic shale. • Sidlitfy within the earth • When a liquid turns into a gas. • Minerals that are dark in color. • A body of intrusive igneous rock • Minerals that are lighIntermediate • High-grade grade metamorphic rock. • Do not have aligned mineral crystals • Hot molten that erupts from a volcano. • Affecting rocks over an extensive area. • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-11-15

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extra; more than what's needed
  2. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  3. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  4. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  5. city areas
  6. the science of building
  7. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
  8. the belief in more than one god
  9. writer
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  1. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  2. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  3. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  4. the division of society by different levels or class
  5. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  6. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  7. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  8. a ruler of an empire
  9. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  10. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  11. picture symbols
  12. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  13. countryside areas
  14. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  15. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures

24 Clues: writer • city areas • picture symbols • countryside areas • a ruler of an empire • the science of building • a pyramid-shaped temple tower • extra; more than what's needed • the belief in more than one god • a person who performs religious ceremonies • a way of supplying water to crops and fields • a city with its surrounding countryside areas • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2015-11-15

Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a city with its surrounding countryside areas
  2. a pyramid-shaped temple tower
  3. a person who performs religious ceremonies
  4. of labor the assignment of particular jobs or tasks for each worker
  5. a ruler of an empire
  6. extra; more than what's needed
  7. a set of 282 laws made by a strong military leader and ruler that had to do with most of everyday life
  8. the belief in more than one god
  9. city areas
  10. man-made waterways that help bring water in the process of irrigation
  11. a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in battles
  12. the division of society by different levels or class
  13. land with different people and territories under a single ruler
  14. the world’s first system of writing with the use of a stylus, a sharp tool used to carve symbols on clay tablets
Down
  1. picture symbols
  2. a king of Kish who built Akkad into a military power; known for being one of the first military leaders to have soldiers use bows and arrows
  3. writer
  4. a way of supplying water to crops and fields
  5. a crescent-shaped area of land with rich farming soil, located between the Asia Minor and Persian Gulf
  6. a combination of soil and tiny rocks, brought to the Fertile Crescent by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  7. countryside areas
  8. the science of building
  9. a set of letters that can be combined to create words and sentences
  10. a long poem that tells a story of heroes and legendary figures

24 Clues: writer • city areas • picture symbols • countryside areas • a ruler of an empire • the science of building • a pyramid-shaped temple tower • extra; more than what's needed • the belief in more than one god • a person who performs religious ceremonies • a way of supplying water to crops and fields • a city with its surrounding countryside areas • ...

China 2018-10-25

China crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rich layer of soil
  2. man made water way
  3. person who makes beautiful objects
  4. falls apart
  5. land, water, lande, ocean
  6. make something
  7. a open space in mountain
  8. rich of high birth
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  1. a flat writing pad
  2. seasonal rains
  3. move from one place to another
  4. a precious stone that is usually green
  5. keep apart
  6. person read & write
  7. throw out of something

15 Clues: keep apart • falls apart • seasonal rains • make something • a flat writing pad • man made water way • rich of high birth • person read & write • a rich layer of soil • throw out of something • a open space in mountain • land, water, lande, ocean • move from one place to another • person who makes beautiful objects • a precious stone that is usually green

soil crossword 2017-02-15

soil crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock beneath the soil
  2. the process by which natural forces break down rocks and soil
  3. weathering breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes
  4. a chemical reaction in which an element combines with oxygen to form an oxide; iron oxide = rust
  5. the expansion of desert conditions in an area where the natural plant cover has been destroyed
  6. the process in which transported sediment is laid down
  7. the amount of open space between an object
  8. horizon a soil layer with physical and chemical properties that differ from those of the soil layers above or below it
Down
  1. the process by which rainwater dissolves and carries away minerals and nutrients in topsoil
  2. the process in which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off
  3. the ability to let water pass through
  4. the makeup of rock or soil describing the minerals or elements present in it
  5. weathering the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material without any change to its composition
  6. the size, shape, and position of the particles of soil
  7. the decaying organic matter in soil
  8. the process of wearing something down by friction
  9. the process in which sediment is picked up and moved from one place to another
  10. the top layer of soil that contains humus

18 Clues: layer of rock beneath the soil • the decaying organic matter in soil • the ability to let water pass through • the top layer of soil that contains humus • the amount of open space between an object • the process of wearing something down by friction • the size, shape, and position of the particles of soil • the process in which transported sediment is laid down • ...

Crop Production and Management 2025-08-05

Crop Production and Management crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Modern tool that sows seeds uniformly and covers them with soil.
  2. Farming that uses AI, drones, and sensors to improve efficiency.
  3. Crops grown in the winter season such as wheat and mustard.
  4. Irrigation method delivering water directly to roots drop by drop.
  5. Large-scale rearing of animals for food products like milk and meat.
  6. Growing plants without soil using nutrient-rich water solutions.
  7. The factor removed from grains before storage to prevent fungal attack.
  8. A gene variant, relevant in crop genetic modification.
  9. The science of cultivating soil and rearing animals for food and raw materials.
  10. Cold treatment required by some Rabi crops to induce flowering.
  11. The act of placing seeds into the soil at proper depth and spacing.
  12. A tool used for removing weeds and loosening soil.
  13. Separating grains from stalks after harvesting.
  14. A nitrogen-rich fertiliser commonly used in agriculture.
  15. Chemical sprayed to kill weeds without harming crops.
  16. The process by which green plants make their own food.
  17. Living organisms used to enhance soil fertility naturally.
  18. Leaves used naturally to protect stored grains from pests.
Down
  1. Supplying water to crops at regular intervals.
  2. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in legume root nodules.
  3. The process by which a seed develops into a seedling.
  4. Short-duration summer crops grown between Rabi and Kharif.
  5. Organic component of soil formed from decomposed plant material.
  6. Organic matter from decomposed plants or animals added to soil.
  7. A kharif crop requiring standing water and high humidity.
  8. Organisms called "farmer’s friends" that aerate and enrich the soil.
  9. A tool used to loosen and turn the soil before sowing.
  10. A building for storing large quantities of grains.
  11. Tractor-driven implement used for ploughing.
  12. An irrigation system useful for uneven lands that simulates rainfall.
  13. Practice of alternating crops to maintain soil fertility.
  14. Inorganic chemical substance supplying nutrients to crops.
  15. Plant tissue responsible for water transport from roots to shoots.
  16. The process where some weeds release chemicals inhibiting crop growth.
  17. Crops sown in the rainy season like paddy and maize.
  18. A large airtight structure used for storing grains safely.
  19. Water pollution caused by excessive fertiliser runoff leading to algal blooms.
  20. Machine that harvests and threshes crops simultaneously.
  21. A genetically modified crop resistant to pests.
  22. Covering soil to retain moisture and regulate temperature.
  23. Using wind to separate lighter husk from grains.
  24. Unwanted plants competing with crops for nutrients and space.
  25. Cutting and collecting mature crops from fields.

43 Clues: Tractor-driven implement used for ploughing. • Supplying water to crops at regular intervals. • A genetically modified crop resistant to pests. • Separating grains from stalks after harvesting. • Using wind to separate lighter husk from grains. • Cutting and collecting mature crops from fields. • A building for storing large quantities of grains. • ...

pH and soil quality 2023-02-02

pH and soil quality crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The opposite of acidic
  2. Alkaline soil has more of this type of ion
  3. Describes soil that has a surplus (extra) of hydrogen ions
  4. An atom that has lost or gained an electron
  5. Describes a soil that has a balance of H⁺ and OH⁻
  6. Adding lime to soil mixes up clay particles which makes the soil more _________
Down
  1. An essential substance which plants need to absorb in quite small amounts
  2. This substance can be added to a acidic soil in order to neutralise it
  3. The colour of sulphur
  4. pH is a measure of the concentration of which kind of ion?
  5. This substance can be added to alkaline soil in order to neutralise it

11 Clues: The colour of sulphur • The opposite of acidic • Alkaline soil has more of this type of ion • An atom that has lost or gained an electron • Describes a soil that has a balance of H⁺ and OH⁻ • pH is a measure of the concentration of which kind of ion? • Describes soil that has a surplus (extra) of hydrogen ions • ...

Soil Vocabulary 2022-10-17

Soil Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
  2. under the topsoil, lighter in color, pieces of broken rock, tree roots and water
  3. Humus provides _________ to the soil
  4. soil mixture of sand, silt, and clay
  5. soil is made up of tiny pieces of _________, humus, water, and air
  6. the top layer of soil where most plants grow
Down
  1. the movement of weathered materials by wind, water, and gravity
  2. is made up of the remains of plants and animals that were once alive
  3. liquid that can cause weathering to rocks
  4. below the subsoil, mostly rock
  5. the layer of loose material that covers earth's land

11 Clues: below the subsoil, mostly rock • Humus provides _________ to the soil • soil mixture of sand, silt, and clay • liquid that can cause weathering to rocks • the top layer of soil where most plants grow • the process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces • the layer of loose material that covers earth's land • ...

The problems of growing food on the red planet Mars 2024-01-25

The problems of growing food on the red planet Mars crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hård
  2. gravitation
  3. jordmån
  4. näringsämne
  5. importerad
  6. förhållanden
  7. tillåta
  8. syrerik
  9. kväve
  10. likna
  11. oändlig
  12. brist
  13. ekosystem
  14. uppgift
  15. magnetfält
  16. svår fråga
  17. årtionde
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  1. konstgjord
  2. rymdskepp
  3. absorbera
  4. turistattraktion
  5. till sidan
  6. ta en evighet
  7. kemikalier
  8. ovannämnda
  9. marknad för närproducerad mat
  10. avlägsna

27 Clues: hård • kväve • likna • brist • jordmån • tillåta • syrerik • oändlig • uppgift • avlägsna • årtionde • rymdskepp • absorbera • ekosystem • konstgjord • till sidan • importerad • kemikalier • ovannämnda • magnetfält • svår fråga • gravitation • näringsämne • förhållanden • ta en evighet • turistattraktion • marknad för närproducerad mat

Mesopotamia 2021-09-28

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a wanderer who travels without a permanent residence
  2. worshipping one god or goddess
  3. a society controlled by, or favoring, men. Women typically have few rights or privileges
  4. basic units of Sumerian civilization; a small area surrounding a large city
  5. a group of states or city-states under a single authority
  6. - a strict and harsh set of 282 laws, created by the King of Babylon, Hammurabi
Down
  1. wedge shaped writing on clay tablets; the writing system of the Sumerians
  2. worshipping multiple gods or goddesses
  3. A way to supply water to crops
  4. land with rich soil, located near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  5. a government where priests rule in the name of a god or goddess
  6. a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city; a shrine

12 Clues: A way to supply water to crops • worshipping one god or goddess • worshipping multiple gods or goddesses • a wanderer who travels without a permanent residence • a group of states or city-states under a single authority • a government where priests rule in the name of a god or goddess • land with rich soil, located near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • ...

Trees and Soil 2024-10-15

Trees and Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organic component of soil, crucial for fertility (5)
  2. Tissue that transports sugars and nutrients throughout the plant (6)
  3. Massive tree species known for its great height and age (7)
  4. Decomposed organic material used to enrich soil (7)
  5. Uppermost part of a tree, consisting of foliage (5)
  6. Green pigment in plants that aids in photosynthesis (11)
  7. Tree with needle-like leaves, often used for timber (4)
  8. Main stem of a tree (5)
  9. Tree with helicopter-like seeds and large lobed leaves (8)
  10. Soil particle size between sand and clay, holds moisture well (4)
  11. Fast-growing grass that can reach tree-like heights (6)
  12. Common hardwood tree known for its strength and longevity (3)
  13. Tree known for its edible nuts and distinctive spiky husks (8)
  14. Ideal soil mixture of sand, silt, and clay (4)
  15. Substance added to soil to enhance plant growth (10)
  16. Community of living organisms and their environment (9)
  17. Tree known for its serrated leaves and vase-like shape (3)
  18. Tree known for its fragrant flowers and heart-shaped leaves (6)
  19. Trees that shed their leaves annually, often in autumn (9)
  20. Tree known for its white bark and distinctive leaves (5)
Down
  1. Essential elements required for plant growth (9)
  2. Tree with long, drooping branches often found near water (6)
  3. Fast-growing tree often used for timber and paper production (6)
  4. Tree native to Australia, known for its aromatic leaves (10)
  5. Tree often found in wetlands, known for its knees and stability (7)
  6. Trees that bear cones and needle-like leaves (10)
  7. Process by which plants convert light into energy (14)
  8. Tree known for its bright yellow flowers and thorny branches (6)
  9. Aromatic tree, often used in furniture-making (5)
  10. Underground part that anchors the tree and absorbs nutrients (5)
  11. Tree famous for its sap, used to make syrup (5)
  12. Tallest tree species, native to California (7)
  13. Tree known for its nuts and often associated with magic (5)
  14. Agricultural preparation of soil for planting crops (7)
  15. Tissue responsible for transporting water in plants (5)
  16. Underground stem that can produce new shoots (7)
  17. Material spread on soil surface to retain moisture (5)

37 Clues: Main stem of a tree (5) • Tallest tree species, native to California (7) • Ideal soil mixture of sand, silt, and clay (4) • Tree famous for its sap, used to make syrup (5) • Essential elements required for plant growth (9) • Underground stem that can produce new shoots (7) • Trees that bear cones and needle-like leaves (10) • ...

13 Reasons Why 2020-04-18

13 Reasons Why crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Asian football player
  2. 11th tape
  3. asian lesbian
  4. Head of the Student Council
  5. broke football player
  6. always picks on Tyler
  7. 13th tape
  8. the "innocent" cheerleader
  9. Hannah's mom
Down
  1. Hannah's dad
  2. Cheerleader who dated Justin
  3. girl with the tats and piercings
  4. ensen Clay's mom
  5. "Yoda"
  6. Rich football player
  7. One of Hannah's ex-best friends
  8. "Go for it, dude."
  9. creepy photographer
  10. worked at the theater with Clay

19 Clues: "Yoda" • 11th tape • 13th tape • Hannah's dad • Hannah's mom • asian lesbian • ensen Clay's mom • "Go for it, dude." • creepy photographer • Rich football player • Asian football player • broke football player • always picks on Tyler • the "innocent" cheerleader • Head of the Student Council • Cheerleader who dated Justin • One of Hannah's ex-best friends • worked at the theater with Clay • ...

Ceramics Terms 2023-05-17

Ceramics Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. watered down clay
  2. cold, brittle clay stage
  3. bigger version of the ribbon tool
  4. kneading the clay
  5. trimming tool that pulls ribbons of clay off
  6. blending/smearing clay together
  7. initial firing
  8. flat sheet of clay
  9. clay that is ready to fire
  10. to smooth clay
  11. soft, moldable clay
  12. scratch marks made to attach clay
Down
  1. to cut clay from a a block/check for airbubbles
  2. wooden tools for shaping clay
  3. thin rope of clay
  4. to smooth clay, originally made from animal bone
  5. final firing
  6. knife used to trim, carve, and sculpt
  7. clay is firm, sturdy, carveable
  8. used for fine detail carvings, such as your name

20 Clues: final firing • initial firing • to smooth clay • watered down clay • thin rope of clay • kneading the clay • flat sheet of clay • soft, moldable clay • cold, brittle clay stage • clay that is ready to fire • wooden tools for shaping clay • blending/smearing clay together • clay is firm, sturdy, carveable • bigger version of the ribbon tool • scratch marks made to attach clay • ...

Test 7 2025-04-23

Test 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. secondary, trivial, ordinary
  2. merger, synthesis
  3. to fire,spark
  4. to start
  5. housing, living space
  6. magmatic
  7. to blame
  8. wood
  9. commencement,emergence, beginning
  10. buildings, equipment, convenience
Down
  1. detail shot, blow-up
  2. redneck, yokel, ridiculous peasant
  3. rich, plentiful
  4. chemical element H
  5. scattered, dissipated
  6. out to die away, to go out, extinguish
  7. leave
  8. installation, regulation
  9. communal conveniences
  10. cabin wooden house
  11. manufacture
  12. production, goods
  13. crop
  14. mud

24 Clues: mud • wood • crop • leave • to start • magmatic • to blame • manufacture • to fire,spark • rich, plentiful • merger, synthesis • production, goods • chemical element H • detail shot, blow-up • scattered, dissipated • communal conveniences • housing, living space • cabin wooden house • installation, regulation • secondary, trivial, ordinary • commencement,emergence, beginning • ...

Week in Review 2021-10-06

Week in Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. our awesome assistant teacher (in AM)
  2. the name of the person who founded Gifford.
  3. River a river that helped make the soil rich in the Fertile Crescent (starts with T).
  4. the 10th month in a Calendar.
  5. a company that sends people to space
  6. this person is our LS Vice Principal.
Down
  1. repeated addition, a math operation.
  2. rich soil
  3. another word for Native.
  4. the name of the planet we live on.
  5. we have seven in our solar system.
  6. a keyword used in multiplication word problems.

12 Clues: rich soil • another word for Native. • the 10th month in a Calendar. • the name of the planet we live on. • we have seven in our solar system. • repeated addition, a math operation. • a company that sends people to space • our awesome assistant teacher (in AM) • this person is our LS Vice Principal. • the name of the person who founded Gifford. • ...

National Crossword Day 2022-12-20

National Crossword Day crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Light up the midnight sky
  2. Rich hot drink
  3. Calendar of treats
  4. January First
  5. Twas the night before
  6. Edible construction material
Down
  1. Ugly holiday wear
  2. Celebration of lights
  3. Sevens of lighting candles
  4. The national day
  5. Santa's helpers
  6. Cold season

12 Clues: Cold season • January First • Rich hot drink • Santa's helpers • The national day • Ugly holiday wear • Calendar of treats • Celebration of lights • Twas the night before • Light up the midnight sky • Sevens of lighting candles • Edible construction material

Words from the test HCP 2025-04-18

Words from the test HCP crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to fire,spark
  2. scattered, dissipated
  3. manufacture
  4. buildings, equipment, convenience
  5. to blame
  6. communal conveniences
  7. crop
  8. chemical element H
  9. leave
  10. rich, plentiful
  11. out to die away, to go out, extinguish
  12. detail shot, blow-up
Down
  1. magmatic
  2. installation, regulation
  3. merger, synthesis
  4. housing, living space
  5. commencement,emergence, beginning
  6. wood
  7. redneck, yokel, ridiculous peasant
  8. secondary, trivial, ordinary
  9. to start
  10. mud
  11. production, goods
  12. cabin wooden house

24 Clues: mud • wood • crop • leave • magmatic • to blame • to start • manufacture • to fire,spark • rich, plentiful • merger, synthesis • production, goods • chemical element H • detail shot, blow-up • cabin wooden house • scattered, dissipated • housing, living space • communal conveniences • installation, regulation • secondary, trivial, ordinary • commencement,emergence, beginning • ...

13 Reasons Why 2020-04-18

13 Reasons Why crossword puzzle
Across
  1. broke football player
  2. Hannah's dad
  3. creepy photographer
  4. Cheerleader who dated Justin
  5. worked at the theater with Clay
  6. 13th tape
  7. Clay's mom
  8. "Yoda"
  9. asian lesbian
Down
  1. Asian football player
  2. "Go for it, dude."
  3. Hannah's mom
  4. One of Hannah's ex-best friends
  5. 11th tape
  6. always picks on Tyler
  7. Head of the Student Council
  8. Rich football player
  9. girl with the tats and piercings
  10. the "innocent" cheerleader

19 Clues: "Yoda" • 11th tape • 13th tape • Clay's mom • Hannah's mom • Hannah's dad • asian lesbian • "Go for it, dude." • creepy photographer • Rich football player • Asian football player • broke football player • always picks on Tyler • the "innocent" cheerleader • Head of the Student Council • Cheerleader who dated Justin • One of Hannah's ex-best friends • worked at the theater with Clay • ...

China 2018-10-25

China crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rich layer of soil
  2. man made water way
  3. person who makes beautiful objects
  4. falls apart
  5. land, water, lande, ocean
  6. make something
  7. a open space in mountain
  8. rich of high birth
Down
  1. a flat writing pad
  2. seasonal rains
  3. move from one place to another
  4. a precious stone that is usually green
  5. keep apart
  6. person read & write
  7. throw out of something

15 Clues: keep apart • falls apart • seasonal rains • make something • a flat writing pad • man made water way • rich of high birth • person read & write • a rich layer of soil • throw out of something • a open space in mountain • land, water, lande, ocean • move from one place to another • person who makes beautiful objects • a precious stone that is usually green

Ceramic 1 2021-09-28

Ceramic 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A white nonporous translucent clay.
  2. Decomposed grant.
  3. liquid clay used to connect clay parts.
  4. Clay half dried and ready to carve.
  5. When clay turns into a stone with heat.
  6. Spins clay to make round pots.
  7. Fresh clay from the bag.
  8. Any 3D art.
  9. Glass coating on fired ceramics.
  10. Clay with no water in it.
Down
  1. Rolled out clay like a snake.
  2. All things made of clay.
  3. How something feels to the touch.
  4. Clay fired to a porous state.
  5. Low fired clay, very porous, cheeper but chips easy.
  6. To work the bubbles out of clay.
  7. Once fired clay.
  8. where we fire the clay at high temp.
  9. When we put projects in a kiln and add heat.
  10. A rolled out flat pice of clay.
  11. usable ceramics pots.

21 Clues: Any 3D art. • Once fired clay. • Decomposed grant. • usable ceramics pots. • All things made of clay. • Fresh clay from the bag. • Clay with no water in it. • Rolled out clay like a snake. • Clay fired to a porous state. • Spins clay to make round pots. • A rolled out flat pice of clay. • To work the bubbles out of clay. • Glass coating on fired ceramics. • ...

Soil Crossword 2025-02-11

Soil Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The practice of planting different crops in cycles to maintain soil fertility.
  2. - The type of soil that retains water well due to small particles.
  3. - The mixture of minerals, organic matter, water, and air found on the earth’s surface.
  4. - The falling of water from the sky, such as rain, hail, or snow.
  5. - The removal of topsoil by wind or water.
Down
  1. - The process of breaking down rocks to form soil.
  2. – A natural fertilizer made from decayed plants and animals.
  3. - The process of planting trees to prevent soil erosion.
  4. - Organisms like bacteria and fungi that live in soil.
  5. - The most fertile type of soil.

10 Clues: - The most fertile type of soil. • - The removal of topsoil by wind or water. • - The process of breaking down rocks to form soil. • - Organisms like bacteria and fungi that live in soil. • - The process of planting trees to prevent soil erosion. • – A natural fertilizer made from decayed plants and animals. • ...

School orchard 2023-02-23

School orchard crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Increase in size.
  2. Add nutrients to plants.
  3. help
  4. Dirt on ground.
  5. Use again.
Down
  1. Comes naturally.
  2. Collect vegetables.
  3. Add water.
  4. Nutrient rich soil.
  5. City environment.

10 Clues: help • Add water. • Use again. • Dirt on ground. • Comes naturally. • Increase in size. • City environment. • Collect vegetables. • Nutrient rich soil. • Add nutrients to plants.

Clay 2017-02-01

Clay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3D
  2. very fragile statefor the clay
  3. rolls of clay
  4. oven used to fire clay
  5. removing air bubbles
  6. bottom of clay vessel
  7. your clay vessel should inlcude a ______ of different coils
Down
  1. sticky earth
  2. rough up the clay for attaching
  3. best time to carve and add details
  4. process used to bake clay
  5. clay has been fired once
  6. flay pieces of clay
  7. color used for decorative purposes on clay
  8. liquid clay

15 Clues: 3D • liquid clay • sticky earth • rolls of clay • flay pieces of clay • removing air bubbles • bottom of clay vessel • oven used to fire clay • clay has been fired once • process used to bake clay • very fragile statefor the clay • rough up the clay for attaching • best time to carve and add details • color used for decorative purposes on clay • ...

Clay 2023-11-30

Clay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where we fire (bake) the clay
  2. the paint we use for clay
  3. The kiln heats up to ______ thousand degrees.
  4. carving designs or texture into clay
  5. artwork made out of clay
  6. How many layers of glaze should you paint?
  7. 3d art
Down
  1. clay that has been fired but not glazed yet
  2. Poe Mascot
  3. Never glaze the _______!
  4. shiny
  5. clay that is dry but hasn't been fired yet
  6. Pressing or stamping designs or texture into clay
  7. Scratching the clay before joining 2 pieces; also a goal in soccer
  8. Glue for clay

15 Clues: shiny • 3d art • Poe Mascot • Glue for clay • Never glaze the _______! • artwork made out of clay • the paint we use for clay • where we fire (bake) the clay • carving designs or texture into clay • clay that is dry but hasn't been fired yet • How many layers of glaze should you paint? • clay that has been fired but not glazed yet • The kiln heats up to ______ thousand degrees. • ...

clay 2024-10-11

clay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something that pairs nicely with tea
  2. A cup usually made of clay
  3. A another word for rancher
  4. Hit something really hard.
  5. what we use for art a lot
  6. A natural liquid that is everywhere
  7. foil Another word for aluminum foil
  8. A rolling or spinning circle
Down
  1. To hit someone or something really hard that usually results in a black eye
  2. Usually a white sticky substance that is easy to find or make
  3. Farm
  4. A nickname for rithu
  5. To touch something that is soft or sticky
  6. A long thin rope of clay.
  7. What class we are in now

15 Clues: Farm • A nickname for rithu • What class we are in now • what we use for art a lot • A long thin rope of clay. • A cup usually made of clay • A another word for rancher • Hit something really hard. • A rolling or spinning circle • A natural liquid that is everywhere • Something that pairs nicely with tea • foil Another word for aluminum foil • ...

Chapter 2: Forest landscapes in Alabama 2023-04-04

Chapter 2: Forest landscapes in Alabama crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact.
  2. An ecoregion of the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome.
  3. A gradual process that occurs when the impact of water or wind detaches and removes soil particles, causing the soil to deteriorate.
  4. The branch of soil science that deals with the chemical composition, chemical properties, and chemical reactions of soils.
  5. Large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs.
  6. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  7. The amount of water (in mm of water depth) present in a depth of one meter of soil.
  8. A soil consisting of a friable mixture of varying proportions of clay, silt, and sand.
  9. A form of treefall in which the root plate of a tree is torn from the soil, disrupting and mixing it and leaving a pit-mound.
  10. A means of defining Earth's landforms into distinct regions, based upon the classic three-tiered approach by Nevin M. Fenneman in 1916, that separates landforms into physiographic divisions, physiographic provinces, and physiographic sections.
  11. The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point.
  12. Derived by plants from the mineral component of soil in order to grow, reproduce, bloom and flourish.
Down
  1. The way individual particles of sand, silt, and clay are assembled.
  2. Made up of sand and earth left by rivers, and floods.
  3. A disturbance with a natural cause, such as a fire or flood.
  4. Low-lying land along a watercourse.
  5. The imaginary line where two or more rivers or parts of a river plunge, or fall, at the same elevation.
  6. Geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from 23°26′10.6″ to approximately 35° north and south.
  7. A coastal plain is flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast.
  8. In geology and physical geography, a plateau, also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
  9. A measure of the degree to which the climate of a region is influenced by a maritime airflow from the oceans.
  10. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  11. A bottomland, deciduous or deciduous-conifer forest community occupying low-lying areas adjacent to streams and rivers of third order or greater, and subject to periodic over-the-bank flooding and cycles of erosion and deposition.
  12. Are usually deciduous, meaning they lose their leaves in the autumn.
  13. A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

25 Clues: Low-lying land along a watercourse. • Made up of sand and earth left by rivers, and floods. • A disturbance with a natural cause, such as a fire or flood. • An ecoregion of the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome. • A coastal plain is flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast. • The way individual particles of sand, silt, and clay are assembled. • ...

crossword 2 2020-08-31

crossword 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. silicon and oxygen
  2. when placing in combustible materials right out of kiln
  3. absorbent aluminium
  4. fine grained sedimentary rock
  5. colorless crystals
  6. what we let out
  7. molten
  8. clay mineral
  9. lacking plasticity
  10. formed on site
  11. found in localized deposits
  12. soft white clay manufactured in china
Down
  1. brings structure, life force, and hydrogen to water
  2. able to be fused or melted easily
  3. very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals
  4. transported clay
  5. very fine, soft and light powder
  6. chemical element
  7. clay that does not melt
  8. red clay soils

20 Clues: molten • clay mineral • formed on site • red clay soils • what we let out • transported clay • chemical element • silicon and oxygen • colorless crystals • lacking plasticity • absorbent aluminium • clay that does not melt • found in localized deposits • fine grained sedimentary rock • very fine, soft and light powder • able to be fused or melted easily • soft white clay manufactured in china • ...

crossword 2 2020-08-31

crossword 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. brings structure, life force, and hydrogen to water
  2. silicon and oxygen
  3. soft white clay manufactured in china
  4. able to be fused or melted easily
  5. lacking plasticity
  6. formed on site
  7. what we let out
  8. very fine, soft and light powder
  9. when placing in combustible materials right out of kiln
  10. clay mineral
Down
  1. transported clay
  2. found in localized deposits
  3. clay that does not melt
  4. chemical element
  5. absorbent aluminium
  6. fine grained sedimentary rock
  7. very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals
  8. molten
  9. red clay soils
  10. colorless crystals

20 Clues: molten • clay mineral • formed on site • red clay soils • what we let out • transported clay • chemical element • silicon and oxygen • lacking plasticity • colorless crystals • absorbent aluminium • clay that does not melt • found in localized deposits • fine grained sedimentary rock • very fine, soft and light powder • able to be fused or melted easily • soft white clay manufactured in china • ...

Environmental Science 2022-05-10

Environmental Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the amount of lead that is considered safe (a number)
  2. protects us from UV rays in the stratosphere, but is a pollutant in the troposphere
  3. a geographic area that has a common drainage location for water
  4. a measure of the suspended particulates in water
  5. the liquid that accumulates in landfills
  6. an organism that gets impacted by bleaching
  7. three of the answers to this crossword are numbers, put them in ___ order to get the code for the next lock
  8. the most efficient type of irrigation
  9. the number of layers in the atmosphere BELOW the thermosphere
  10. practices that will allow the repeated use of resources for generations without running out
  11. a problem species that is not native
Down
  1. the non-living components of an ecosystem.
  2. a type of power generated by moving water, usually in a dam
  3. the chemical name for natural gas
  4. a type of organism that gets its energy from the sun directly
  5. the system in living organisms that regulates hormones and development
  6. the type of growth demonstrated by a J-shaped curve
  7. a type of extraction that obtains natural gas by fracturing the rocks
  8. if the growth rate is 10 percent, then the doubling time is ___ years
  9. type of soil that has a relatively even mix of sand, silt and clay

20 Clues: the chemical name for natural gas • a problem species that is not native • the most efficient type of irrigation • the liquid that accumulates in landfills • the non-living components of an ecosystem. • an organism that gets impacted by bleaching • a measure of the suspended particulates in water • the type of growth demonstrated by a J-shaped curve • ...

Ceramics 101 Crossword 2022-01-18

Ceramics 101 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. using flat sheets of clay
  2. helps the clay stretch
  3. firing when the glaze turns to glass
  4. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  5. a glass-like coating
  6. an oven for firing clay
  7. cause explosions in the kiln
  8. using an object to stamp designs in the clay
  9. moist earth made from decomposed rock
  10. using rolled out, snake-like pieces of clay
  11. cutting/carving the surface of the clay
Down
  1. clay that has been fired
  2. unfired clay, carvable
  3. wet and workable clay
  4. "baking" clay at a high temperature
  5. covers the clay to keep in moisture
  6. clay that is dry but has not been fired
  7. roughing up the surface of the clay
  8. using your fingers to shape the clay
  9. ceramics that has a functional purpose
  10. a mix of clay and water--looks like pudding

21 Clues: a glass-like coating • wet and workable clay • unfired clay, carvable • helps the clay stretch • an oven for firing clay • clay that has been fired • using flat sheets of clay • cause explosions in the kiln • "baking" clay at a high temperature • kneading clay to remove air bubbles • covers the clay to keep in moisture • roughing up the surface of the clay • ...

rocks and soil 2022-09-15

rocks and soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. made of small stones
  2. Made of rocks and soil
  3. hardest rock
  4. wheat grows well in this soil
  5. mixture of sand and clay
Down
  1. particles can be seen separately
  2. bajra grows well in this soil
  3. rotted plants and animals

8 Clues: hardest rock • made of small stones • Made of rocks and soil • mixture of sand and clay • rotted plants and animals • bajra grows well in this soil • wheat grows well in this soil • particles can be seen separately

Agriscience Leadership 1 2023-12-14

Agriscience Leadership 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Father of Genetics
  2. Process of Sperm joining an egg
  3. The layer that is not made up of soil
  4. Part of the flower that attracts pollinators
  5. All vitamins contain what
  6. Gene that is hidden
  7. Dissolved in fat
  8. The study of Heredity
  9. The act of protecting your farm from diseases, parasites', and bacteria
  10. Another name for total protein
  11. This flower has both male and female parts
  12. Another Name for Hybrid Vigor
  13. Baby
  14. Largest Particle
  15. Building blocks of proteins
  16. Genes that are different
  17. Passing of traits from parent to offspring
  18. Genes that are the same
  19. The unit if weight we weighed our chickens in (hint: NOT grams)
  20. Main energy function
Down
  1. What is the name of the name of this class
  2. A chemical element or compound that aids in the support of life
  3. Characteristics or features (that have been passed onto you from your parents)
  4. First number in a fertilizer
  5. Your teachers name
  6. Gene you see
  7. What brand of feed we fed our chickens
  8. The sticky part on top of the flower that the pollen sticks to
  9. What has 2.25 times as much energy value than carbs
  10. Father
  11. Needed in large amounts
  12. Complex Molecules located on the chromosomes
  13. Material found on the top surface of Earth consisting of rock, sand, silt, clay, dead plants, and animal remains
  14. Smallest Particle
  15. Animals that are decomposers in the soil
  16. Mother

36 Clues: Baby • Father • Mother • Gene you see • Dissolved in fat • Largest Particle • Smallest Particle • Father of Genetics • Your teachers name • Gene that is hidden • Main energy function • The study of Heredity • Needed in large amounts • Genes that are the same • Genes that are different • All vitamins contain what • Building blocks of proteins • First number in a fertilizer • ...

soil crossword 2017-02-15

soil crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock beneath the soil
  2. the process by which natural forces break down rocks and soil
  3. weathering breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes
  4. a chemical reaction in which an element combines with oxygen to form an oxide; iron oxide = rust
  5. the expansion of desert conditions in an area where the natural plant cover has been destroyed
  6. the process in which transported sediment is laid down
  7. the amount of open space between an object
  8. horizon a soil layer with physical and chemical properties that differ from those of the soil layers above or below it
Down
  1. the process by which rainwater dissolves and carries away minerals and nutrients in topsoil
  2. the process in which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off
  3. the ability to let water pass through
  4. the makeup of rock or soil describing the minerals or elements present in it
  5. weathering the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material without any change to its composition
  6. the size, shape, and position of the particles of soil
  7. the decaying organic matter in soil
  8. the process of wearing something down by friction
  9. the process in which sediment is picked up and moved from one place to another
  10. the top layer of soil that contains humus

18 Clues: layer of rock beneath the soil • the decaying organic matter in soil • the ability to let water pass through • the top layer of soil that contains humus • the amount of open space between an object • the process of wearing something down by friction • the size, shape, and position of the particles of soil • the process in which transported sediment is laid down • ...

Agricultural machinery 2024-02-22

Agricultural machinery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mutter
  2. esisild
  3. juhtima
  4. eemaldatud
  5. asend
  6. piduripedal
  7. is a machine element designed to support the parts located on it
  8. a corrosion product formed on the surface of iron in moist air
  9. mootori rihm
  10. is a sediment composed predominantly of clay minerals
  11. is a car or other vehicle control device
  12. which grows on cultivated land in addition to plants sown or planted
  13. a substance that, when introduced between moving parts of a machine or other device, reduces their friction, wear and heating and prevents corrosion
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  1. esiratta rumm
  2. seisukord
  3. käigukast
  4. is food given to farm animals and pets
  5. õlifilter
  6. lekked
  7. is a method of tillage in which the soil is turned over
  8. a device for lifting weights or creating a longitudinal pressing force
  9. is an energy storage device
  10. veovõllid
  11. is the distribution of the seed crop or seed in the field and covering it with soil
  12. hay making machine, with which hay bales and bales of hay and straw are mixed
  13. alla vajutama
  14. süsteem
  15. a substance that releases a lot of heat when burned and is therefore used as a source of energy.

28 Clues: asend • mutter • lekked • esisild • juhtima • süsteem • seisukord • käigukast • õlifilter • veovõllid • eemaldatud • piduripedal • mootori rihm • esiratta rumm • alla vajutama • is an energy storage device • is food given to farm animals and pets • is a car or other vehicle control device • is a sediment composed predominantly of clay minerals • is a method of tillage in which the soil is turned over • ...