clay rich soil crossword Crossword Puzzles

Vocabulary Crossword 2014-08-26

Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Capable of being dissolved in water.
  2. Heat clay to a very high temperature to harden it.
  3. An earthly substance composed of various minerals.
  4. Red clay.
  5. Very fine, slick clay
  6. Pots which are made using your hands and the basic tools
  7. Pieces of broken pottery that's been fired.
  8. Dry (bonedry) unfired clay projects that will be fired.
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  1. Once Fired, unglazed clay.
  2. hard: Half dry clay. Best to carve and fettle.
  3. Soft workable clay.
  4. To rework dry clay.
  5. Low firing clay about 1700 degrees. (clay we use in class)
  6. Coarse high-firing clay. Has lots of grog in it to make it rough
  7. functional containers made of clay.
  8. Liquid clay for decoration, casting, and joining clay.
  9. dry: Very dry brittle and chalky clay.
  10. Tiny bits of hard fired clay. Looks like sand.

18 Clues: Red clay. • Soft workable clay. • To rework dry clay. • Very fine, slick clay • Once Fired, unglazed clay. • functional containers made of clay. • Capable of being dissolved in water. • dry: Very dry brittle and chalky clay. • Pieces of broken pottery that's been fired. • hard: Half dry clay. Best to carve and fettle. • Tiny bits of hard fired clay. Looks like sand. • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore 2023-03-05

Unit 5 Vocabulary - Charlie Moore crossword puzzle
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  1. when one plate moves under another
  2. a place where two plates start to move away from eachother
  3. A organic component of soil
  4. A shaking of the ground that releases seismic waves.
  5. the innermost geologic layer of planet Earth
  6. A natural material that can be hardened
  7. A type of wave produced by a earthquake, faster than seismic waves.
  8. a squeezing force
  9. when the continents move away from eachother
  10. waves created by a earthquake
  11. the process of creation of new plate material as part of plate tectonics
  12. The liquid layer between the inner core and the lower mantle.
  13. the place where two plates move past eachother
  14. A stretching force
  15. The layer that comes before the crust, it is still solid, just softer.
  16. The rough outer part of the earth
  17. a wave that travels parrallel to earths surface
Down
  1. the place where two plates move together
  2. A long, deep depression in the earth that form and the edges of tectonic plates.
  3. a supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  4. the lateral movement of one rock against another.
  5. a very large wave mostly caused by a underwater earthquake.
  6. A natural landform that rises high into the air, usually at a steep angle.
  7. a current in fluid, this causes tectonic plate movements
  8. the loose surface material on earth, made of organic materials
  9. A type of soil that is rich in organic matter.
  10. large pieces of earths crust that very slowly shift positions
  11. The hard, thin outer layer of earth.
  12. the softer outer layer of earths mantle
  13. The intersection of two plates
  14. A spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  15. a ring of subduction zones
  16. the second wave to hit a seismograph, caused by a earthquake
  17. the lower area of land between hills and/or mountains

34 Clues: a squeezing force • A stretching force • a ring of subduction zones • A organic component of soil • waves created by a earthquake • The intersection of two plates • The rough outer part of the earth • when one plate moves under another • The hard, thin outer layer of earth. • A natural material that can be hardened • the softer outer layer of earths mantle • ...

Growing grapes 2024-03-15

Growing grapes crossword puzzle
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  1. it is a yellow or pale green discoloration of the tops of leaves
  2. maturo
  3. tralci o sarmenti
  4. irrigare
  5. high-quality earth that is a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying plant material
  6. malattie
  7. pergolato o graticcio
  8. the harvesting of grapes for winemaking
Down
  1. an agricultural area where vines grow
  2. ben drenato
  3. rampicante
  4. potare
  5. fertilizzare
  6. suolo
  7. raccolto

15 Clues: suolo • maturo • potare • raccolto • irrigare • malattie • rampicante • ben drenato • fertilizzare • tralci o sarmenti • pergolato o graticcio • an agricultural area where vines grow • the harvesting of grapes for winemaking • it is a yellow or pale green discoloration of the tops of leaves • high-quality earth that is a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying plant material

Crossword English Club (3) 2025-11-16

Crossword English Club (3) crossword puzzle
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  1. A delicate flower known for its unusual shapes
  2. A glass building used to grow plants in controlled conditions
  3. The loose surface material that covers most land
  4. The small part of a plant that can grow into a new one
  5. A mix of decayed plants used to enrich garden soil
  6. The part of a plant that grows underground and absorbs water
  7. A clay or plastic container used to grow small plants or flowers
  8. A tool used to cut branches or dead parts of plants
  9. An unwanted plant that grows where it shouldn’t
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  1. A darker, cooler area protected from direct sunlight
  2. A tool used to remove dirt from the ground
  3. A flower in full, open form
  4. A long tube used to water plants
  5. A tool used to gather leaves or smooth soil
  6. The main vertical part of a plant that supports leaves
  7. A small creature that improves soil by digging through it
  8. The colorful part of a flower, around the pistil
  9. The yellow powder that helps plants reproduce
  10. The hard outer layer covering a tree or woody plant
  11. A young plant just beginning to grow

20 Clues: A flower in full, open form • A long tube used to water plants • A young plant just beginning to grow • A tool used to remove dirt from the ground • A tool used to gather leaves or smooth soil • The yellow powder that helps plants reproduce • A delicate flower known for its unusual shapes • An unwanted plant that grows where it shouldn’t • ...

Rich & Kerri 2023-11-07

Rich & Kerri crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What town did the couple have their first apartment together?
  2. In what bar did we first meet?
  3. In what month did the groom propose?
  4. What is the Bride’s favorite football play?
  5. Where is the couple's favorite place to visit in Vermont?
  6. Who said I love you first?
  7. What is the groom’s favorite beer brand?
  8. What is the couple’s favorite grocery store?
  9. Where was the Groom’s first Job?
  10. What college did we both graduate from?
  11. What is the couple's favorite Caribbean Drink?
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  1. What was the Bride’s favorite Spice Girl?
  2. How many years have they been together?
  3. What is the groom’s favorite television network?
  4. Where was their first trip they took together?
  5. Where are both our families from?
  6. What country band have they seen the most in concert?
  7. What fast food chain has the bride never been too (but is the groom’s favorite)?
  8. Who is the couple's favorite person to visit?
  9. What is the bride’s favorite television network?

20 Clues: Who said I love you first? • In what bar did we first meet? • Where was the Groom’s first Job? • Where are both our families from? • In what month did the groom propose? • How many years have they been together? • What college did we both graduate from? • What is the groom’s favorite beer brand? • What was the Bride’s favorite Spice Girl? • ...

Unit 4 2023-03-20

Unit 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
  2. When rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope.
  3. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
  4. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
  5. The very slow downhill movement of rock and soil types on gentle slopes. Often results from the freezing and thawing of water in cracked layers of rock beneath the soil.
  6. When one large mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope. That slope is typically at the bottom of a clay-rich hill.
  7. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.
  8. The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind.
  9. The flat, wide area of land along a river.
  10. Type of igneous rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath Earth's surface.
  11. Type of igneous rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface.
  12. A mass‐wasting event in which turbulence occurs throughout the mass.
  13. A large groove or channel in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.
  14. A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.
  15. The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
  16. A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
Down
  1. A meander that has been cut off from the river.
  2. Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
  3. Gluing together of sediment and rock.
  4. The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
  5. This rapid downhill movement of water, rock, and soil often happens after very heavy rain in a normally dry area.
  6. A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
  7. Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
  8. Any one of several processes that move sediment and rock downhill.
  9. A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.
  10. The process by which outer rock layers are stripped away.
  11. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.
  12. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
  13. A large bend in the river, formed in the middle and lower courses, has both shallow and steep sections.
  14. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

30 Clues: Gluing together of sediment and rock. • The flat, wide area of land along a river. • A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water. • A meander that has been cut off from the river. • Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land • When rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope. • A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake. • ...

Art Vocabulary Puzzle 2022-12-01

Art Vocabulary Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. clay that is more sturdy and can hold its shape.
  2. a method of forming pottery with the hands by building up the walls with rope-like rolls of clay called coils.
  3. the name of the first firing of the clay, fired at a low temperature.
  4. A clay in liquid suspension. Comes in many colors can be brushed on green-ware or bisqueware.
  5. it is important to do this when joining two pieces of clay together, such as a handle on a mug or two slabs.
  6. a clay surface decorative technique in which a stamp is used to make texture or imprints on a piece of clay.
  7. the process of increasing the temperature in a kiln until desired temperature is reached, effecting a chemical change in the clay body.
  8. a furnace or oven built of heat-resistant materials for firing pottery.
  9. clay that is completely dry.
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  1. a glass like substance used to seal pottery and provide color.
  2. moist, soft clay that is easy to mould.
  3. hand building technique where clay is rolled out with a rolling pin into a flat slab and used to build containers or pots.
  4. wide, flat handheld tool used to shape, smooth, and/or scrape clay surfaces.
  5. work that has been glazed, and put in the kiln a second time
  6. plastic mud with particles of decomposed granite.
  7. process to remove air pockets from the clay.
  8. rolling clay into snakes and putting them together to make a container.
  9. scratching the surface of a piece of clay. First step when connecting pieces of clay.
  10. scratching or carving leather-hard clay.
  11. firm, but still very absorbent clay that has been fired once.
  12. mixture of water and clay. Used when connecting separate pieces of clay.
  13. making pottery from a ball of clay into a bowl.
  14. involves forming clay into a ball and then "pinching" it into the shape of a bowl or pot.
  15. a sharp, pointed tool used for cutting clay or making holes.

24 Clues: clay that is completely dry. • moist, soft clay that is easy to mould. • scratching or carving leather-hard clay. • process to remove air pockets from the clay. • making pottery from a ball of clay into a bowl. • clay that is more sturdy and can hold its shape. • plastic mud with particles of decomposed granite. • ...

APES CHOICE BOARD 2022-05-27

APES CHOICE BOARD crossword puzzle
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  1. removal of dissolved materials from soil by water moving downwards
  2. (Formation: secondary pollutant, NO2+UV=NO+O O+O2=O3, with VOCs)
  3. rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P
  4. symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit
  5. caused by sulfuric and nitric acids resulting in lowered pH of surface waters
  6. large distinct terrestrial region having similar climate, soil, plants & animals
  7. deposit of leached material in lower soil layers
  8. rock that contains a large enough concentration of a mineral making it profitable to mine
Down
  1. decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia
  2. allows the use of resources in a responsible manner
  3. formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O)
  4. perfect agricultural soil with equal portions of sand, silt, clay
  5. rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate
  6. setting aside areas & protecting them from human activities

14 Clues: decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia • rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P • rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate • deposit of leached material in lower soil layers • symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit • allows the use of resources in a responsible manner • formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O) • ...

Soil and Agriculture 2021-02-19

Soil and Agriculture crossword puzzle
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  1. A type of animal feeding operation which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter
  2. The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.
  3. Process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil
  4. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  5. Soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay.
  6. Breaking down of rocks, soils, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms.
  7. Occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.
  8. A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
Down
  1. The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
  2. Granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar
  3. An animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.
  4. occurs when the body doesn't get enough nutrients
  5. A mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
  6. A granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
  7. The hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel.

15 Clues: occurs when the body doesn't get enough nutrients • Process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil • Soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay. • The hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel. • A granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. • ...

Soil Science- Spring Semester Exam 2025-04-18

Soil Science- Spring Semester Exam crossword puzzle
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  1. the bottom layer of the soil horizon
  2. a distinct soil layer parallel to the surface
  3. the space that allows water and air movement
  4. the rate of water and air movement through soil
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  1. layer of soil also know as the E horizon, with little or no organic matter
  2. soil particle best at holding nutrients
  3. layer of soil also known as the A horizon
  4. type of soil that is best for growing most plants
  5. soil that is composed of 33% sand, 33% silt, and 33% clay
  6. soil type that has the least permeability

10 Clues: the bottom layer of the soil horizon • soil particle best at holding nutrients • layer of soil also known as the A horizon • soil type that has the least permeability • the space that allows water and air movement • a distinct soil layer parallel to the surface • the rate of water and air movement through soil • type of soil that is best for growing most plants • ...

Environmental Science - EROSION 2024-01-24

Environmental Science - EROSION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weathering - Is when Chemical reactions break down the bonds holding the rocks together, causing them to fall apart, forming smaller and smaller pieces.
  2. The erosion caused by the wind
  3. Movement Mass movement is the down slope movement of earth materials under the influence of gravity.
  4. Soil consists of a mixture of weathered rock, finely ground into powder, minerals, and a variety of living and dead life forms.
  5. Weathering - Is when rocks are broken down and are torn apart by physical force, rather than by chemical breakdown.
  6. The upper part of the soil.
  7. - Is the rock or soil that comes from erosion and ends up as little chunks carried by water.
  8. - The scraping of a rock surface by friction between rocks and moving things
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  1. The layer or bed of earth beneath the topsoil
  2. Process where material is added to a landform.
  3. The eating away of surface material from the Earth’s crust.
  4. - brown or black, partially decomposed plant or animal material that forms the organic portion of soil.
  5. A sheet of ice that moves slowly over time.
  6. Soil is made up of distinct horizontal layers; these layers are called horizons.
  7. -Is when oxygen combines with iron-bearing silicate minerals causing "rusting"
  8. The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel.

16 Clues: The upper part of the soil. • The erosion caused by the wind • A sheet of ice that moves slowly over time. • The layer or bed of earth beneath the topsoil • Process where material is added to a landform. • The eating away of surface material from the Earth’s crust. • - The scraping of a rock surface by friction between rocks and moving things • ...

India’s Natural Resources 2022-11-28

India’s Natural Resources crossword puzzle
Across
  1. products like plastic and cosmetics are made from ________________.
  2. the most important source of water in India is ____
  3. ______ soil getts its name because of the red iron chemicals in the soil. It is found mainly in some parts of the deccan platue and in the north east. this soil that is found in valleys and plains is fertile; otherwise the soil is not very fertile
  4. both solar and wind energies are _____ energies that do not pollute the environment
  5. in the north and north-east of india,______ soil is found. This soil has lot of gravel and is found in mountain parts.
  6. when reqiured the gates are opened and the water is _____________. (let out)
  7. the natural environment for creatures to live in is called their ________.
  8. fresh water is so precious that it can be called 'wet _______'
  9. _______ depend on it for their crops.
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  1. the water that is let out from the dams is used for crops to generate power called ____________ power. (water)
  2. _________ soil has a lot of aluminium and is not very fertile. It is found in the hilly regions of north-east and south.
  3. ________ soil is fertile, fine and sticky asit has a lot of clay. It is found in western and central india.
  4. some rivers in india have ____ built across them, which help to store the river water.
  5. ________________ minerals are minerals that aren't metals.
  6. india has been gifted with _______ natural resources (various/very few)
  7. __________ soil is sandy and des not hold much water. It is found in north-western part of india.
  8. _________ soil is carried by rivers onto plains and is extremely fertile.The great northern plain and the coastal plains have this soil. The delta region of west bengal also has this soil.
  9. many animals are being killed for their _______, horns,skin and fur

18 Clues: _______ depend on it for their crops. • the most important source of water in India is ____ • ________________ minerals are minerals that aren't metals. • fresh water is so precious that it can be called 'wet _______' • products like plastic and cosmetics are made from ________________. • many animals are being killed for their _______, horns,skin and fur • ...

Ceramics 1 Final Review 2012-05-25

Ceramics 1 Final Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. watery clay
  2. a decomposed granite type rock
  3. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  4. kiln used for bisque firings
  5. most basic way to create a pot
  6. marks scratched into clay for joining
  7. building a pot using rope like rolls of clay
  8. property of clay that makes it pliable
  9. low fire clay that is usually red
  10. the art and craft of creating with clay
  11. clay that has not been fired
  12. a flat sheet of clay
  13. high fire clay that is usually white or tan
  14. measures the temp inside a kiln
  15. no glaze is present on the base of a pot
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  1. a glassy decorative coating
  2. glaze pulling away from a dirty or greasy pot
  3. one way to keep glaze off a pot
  4. a machine that recycles/wedges clay
  5. sand or ground up bisque in clay
  6. clay that is completely dry
  7. clay that has been fired once to 1860F
  8. clay that is not dry but holds shape
  9. causes clay to be ~15% smaller after firing
  10. where pottery is fired
  11. a decorative colorant that is not glassy like a glaze
  12. flames and gas are drawn upward during firing
  13. the surface quality of the object
  14. ring-like base of a ceramic piece

29 Clues: watery clay • a flat sheet of clay • where pottery is fired • a glassy decorative coating • clay that is completely dry • kiln used for bisque firings • clay that has not been fired • a decomposed granite type rock • most basic way to create a pot • one way to keep glaze off a pot • measures the temp inside a kiln • sand or ground up bisque in clay • low fire clay that is usually red • ...

Happy B-Day Nana 2021-07-26

Happy B-Day Nana crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fruit produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late Summer into October.
  2. Last name of French impressionist artist. He was recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia.
  3. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
  4. Capital of Oman
  5. Wooden item associated with wine bottles.
  6. To carry out a sentence of death
  7. Carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
  8. Last name of French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
  9. Host plant of monarch butterfly
  10. Capitol of Colorado
  11. Mythical rabbit with antlers
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  1. is a bread of French origin and whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb.
  2. Modern name for city that was once known as Constantinople
  3. Dormant volcano that is also the highest mountain in Africa.
  4. Finger bones
  5. Pink colored flowers that are within the daisy family. They are found only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas.
  6. often referred to as Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in Northern China.
  7. A soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay.
  8. Mammal that lives in trees and collects nuts
  9. A group of bones in the foot

20 Clues: Finger bones • Capital of Oman • Capitol of Colorado • A group of bones in the foot • Mythical rabbit with antlers • Host plant of monarch butterfly • To carry out a sentence of death • Wooden item associated with wine bottles. • Carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. • Mammal that lives in trees and collects nuts • Modern name for city that was once known as Constantinople • ...

Happy B-Day Nana 2021-07-26

Happy B-Day Nana crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mythical rabbit with antlers
  2. Last name of French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
  3. often referred to as Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in Northern China.
  4. Host plant of monarch butterfly
  5. Capital of Oman
  6. Mammal that lives in trees and collects nuts
  7. Modern name for city that was once known as Constantinople
  8. Carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
  9. Finger bones
  10. is a bread of French origin and whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb.
Down
  1. Dormant volcano that is also the highest mountain in Africa.
  2. To carry out a sentence of death
  3. Pink colored flowers that are within the daisy family. They are found only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas.
  4. Last name of French impressionist artist. He was recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia.
  5. A group of bones in the foot
  6. Capitol of Colorado
  7. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
  8. A soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay.
  9. Wooden item associated with wine bottles.
  10. fruit produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late Summer into October.

20 Clues: Finger bones • Capital of Oman • Capitol of Colorado • Mythical rabbit with antlers • A group of bones in the foot • Host plant of monarch butterfly • To carry out a sentence of death • Carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. • Wooden item associated with wine bottles. • Mammal that lives in trees and collects nuts • Modern name for city that was once known as Constantinople • ...

Soil Factors 2023-04-14

Soil Factors crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Includes bacteria, fungi,vegetation, and animals
  2. A collection of foil particles bound together, usually by organic matter
  3. Process of soil formation and development by soil forming factors
  4. The void space in soil which can be filled by air or water
  5. Describes how easily water and air are able to move through the soil
Down
  1. The shape of the land surface, and its slope and position on the landscape greatly influence the formation of soil
  2. A factor that is a continuing process and takes thousands of years for changes to take place
  3. Physically breaks apart rock fragments
  4. The leading influence on soil formation
  5. Soil with equal parts of sand, clay, and silt

10 Clues: Physically breaks apart rock fragments • The leading influence on soil formation • Soil with equal parts of sand, clay, and silt • Includes bacteria, fungi,vegetation, and animals • The void space in soil which can be filled by air or water • Process of soil formation and development by soil forming factors • ...

Sedimentary Rocks 2023-11-02

Sedimentary Rocks crossword puzzle
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  1. pieces of rock collide with each other due to transportation by wind ice water and gravity.
  2. rocks that are formed when water deforms minerals and deposits them elsewhere.( minerals produced by evaporation)
  3. Occurs when oxygen from the air combines with iron-rich minerals of the rock. (creates rust)
  4. Layers of rock peel off the main body of the rock
  5. material is transported and ultimately deposited in a different landmass.
  6. the wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind or ice.
  7. the physical and chemical breakdown of rocks at or near the earth's surface.
  8. as sediment is transported from its source to where it's deposited, the particles collide with each other causing the particles to change size and shape.
  9. The mechanical or physical breakdown if rock into smaller pieces, without a change in the minerals chemical composition.
  10. occurs when water combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form carbonic acid.
  11. the process of removing empty spaces between minerals by the weight of the overlying sediment.
Down
  1. when soil is formed from the parent material and is of the same composition.
  2. rocks that are produced by mechanical weathering and are classified by grain size, sorting, and angularity.
  3. parent material has been carried from elsewhere and deposited.
  4. the process of gluing the compacted minerals together by minerals that filter through the soil
  5. the process by which chemicals break down rock through a change in the minerals composition, happens fast in a hot, moist climate.
  6. rocks that are formed by the action of organisms as they build shells and other body parts by extracting chemical components from the water in which they live.
  7. The tendency for currents of air or water to separate sediments according to size
  8. water freezes in the crack of the rock surface, splitting and expanding the rock.
  9. Water combines with minerals such as mica and feldspar found in granite, to form clay, the rock weakens and crumbles apart

20 Clues: Layers of rock peel off the main body of the rock • the wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind or ice. • parent material has been carried from elsewhere and deposited. • material is transported and ultimately deposited in a different landmass. • when soil is formed from the parent material and is of the same composition. • ...

Valpak – April 2025 2025-03-24

Valpak – April 2025 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nutrient-rich soil enhancer
  2. Hand tool for loosening soil
  3. Tool used for digging
  4. A pink spring-blooming tree
  5. Yellow flower that blooms in early spring
  6. Where plants are grown before transplanting
  7. Decayed leaves or wood chips that enrich soil
  8. Plant that returns year after year
  9. The act of supplying water to plants
  10. Substance that helps plants grow faster
  11. Underground storage organ for some plants
  12. Colorful flower associated with the Netherlands
Down
  1. Container for growing plants
  2. A plant that lives only one season
  3. Unwanted plant in a garden
  4. H2O synonym
  5. Method of growing plants in water without soil
  6. Process of moving plants to a larger space
  7. A cluster of petals on a plant
  8. Tiny plant embryo inside a shell
  9. Season for planting
  10. The act of removing dead leaves or stems
  11. A fragrant purple spring flower
  12. Small flying insect that pollinates flowers
  13. Planting area bordered by wood or stone
  14. Structure for supporting climbing plants

26 Clues: H2O synonym • Season for planting • Tool used for digging • Unwanted plant in a garden • Nutrient-rich soil enhancer • A pink spring-blooming tree • Container for growing plants • Hand tool for loosening soil • A cluster of petals on a plant • A fragrant purple spring flower • Tiny plant embryo inside a shell • A plant that lives only one season • Plant that returns year after year • ...

art 2023-05-15

art crossword puzzle
Across
  1. watered down clay,acts as a paste
  2. cutting clay
  3. rolled out flat sheet of clay
  4. blending or smearing clay together for stability
  5. Firm clay,stiff and able to carve
  6. carving,has two ends
  7. smoothing or shaping,used on the wheel
  8. cuts through clay,has a wire
  9. for scraping,joining
Down
  1. carving,texture,sharp end
  2. The act of kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  3. Oven used to fire the clay
  4. Feels cold to the touch,color changes ,brittle
  5. scratching the clay for attaching
  6. Room temperature, ready to fire,fradgley
  7. rubber,smoothing
  8. to remove controlled amounts of clay
  9. Soft workable clay,able to sculpt
  10. thin rope peace of clay

19 Clues: cutting clay • rubber,smoothing • carving,has two ends • for scraping,joining • thin rope peace of clay • carving,texture,sharp end • Oven used to fire the clay • cuts through clay,has a wire • rolled out flat sheet of clay • watered down clay,acts as a paste • scratching the clay for attaching • Firm clay,stiff and able to carve • Soft workable clay,able to sculpt • ...

Forestry Final Exam Review 2023-06-01

Forestry Final Exam Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which soil particle holds water the smallest and has the least permeability?
  2. the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions to restore health to ecosystems that depend on fire.
  3. Cutting method for the purpose of selling wood for profit.
  4. A Biltmore stick, Abney level, Haga altimeter and a Suunto clinometer are all tools to measure…
  5. Maple, Ahs and Dogwood have these type of buds
  6. Forestry total of 66ft
Down
  1. Maryland is in this forestry region
  2. C horizon
  3. These soils are high in calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium and support oaks, hickories, Ponderosa pine and Lodgepole pine. These soils are normally found in deciduous forests.
  4. Complete soil profile
  5. A leaf with “teeth-like” edges referred to as ___________ edges.
  6. Soil with high shrink-swell capacity
  7. largest soil particle with great drainage capacity
  8. We can determine soil texture by using the
  9. Abnormal tissue growth on trees that is caused by insects or mites is called a ________.
  10. a jelly-like insect that is typically green and likes to reside

16 Clues: C horizon • Complete soil profile • Forestry total of 66ft • Maryland is in this forestry region • Soil with high shrink-swell capacity • We can determine soil texture by using the • Maple, Ahs and Dogwood have these type of buds • largest soil particle with great drainage capacity • Cutting method for the purpose of selling wood for profit. • ...

ceramics 2020-08-31

ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rolling clay in straight lines
  2. polishing leather hard
  3. inserting the thumb of one hand into the ball of clay
  4. clay that is very soft
  5. stage when clay is ready to be fired
  6. when clay is heated to high temperatures
  7. rolled out clay
  8. colored slip after applied to clear glaze
  9. fired once without glaze
  10. coloring agent added to a glaze
Down
  1. one of the stages or dryness
  2. making sure all the air pockets are gone
  3. clay mixed with water
  4. cutting the clay to put pieces together
  5. turning clay into glass
  6. can be molded when wet
  7. flat slabs of clay are pressed into molds
  8. glassy layer
  9. ceramic ware that hasn't been fired
  10. pottery oven

20 Clues: glassy layer • pottery oven • rolled out clay • clay mixed with water • polishing leather hard • can be molded when wet • clay that is very soft • turning clay into glass • fired once without glaze • one of the stages or dryness • rolling clay in straight lines • coloring agent added to a glaze • ceramic ware that hasn't been fired • stage when clay is ready to be fired • ...

Ecosystems, Biomes and Soil 2016-11-14

Ecosystems, Biomes and Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organisms that live on or prey off of other organisms like fleas
  2. Organism that is adapted to water
  3. Rich soil with lots of dust storms
  4. Relationship where both organisms benefit
  5. Consisting of living organisms
  6. To dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
  7. An organism that is able to make its own food from inorganic material
  8. Process where water on the ground surface and enters soil
  9. Biome in which we live
  10. Organism that is adapted to drought
Down
  1. Flat treeless region
  2. Nonliving components
  3. Relationship where one benefits while the other remains neutral
  4. Community of living things and the environment they occupy
  5. Process where plants absorb water through their roots then give off water vapor
  6. Dominated by trees, warm summers, mild winters
  7. An organism that feeds on plants or other animals.
  8. Large dry region with little to no vegetation
  9. High annual rainfall
  10. Naturally occurring process that wears away top soil that affects all landforms.
  11. Major community

21 Clues: Major community • Flat treeless region • Nonliving components • High annual rainfall • Biome in which we live • Consisting of living organisms • Organism that is adapted to water • Rich soil with lots of dust storms • Organism that is adapted to drought • Relationship where both organisms benefit • Large dry region with little to no vegetation • ...

soil 3 2024-05-09

soil 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ………. Mulch made from straw, used to retain moisture and prevent weed growth.
  2. Material spread over soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
  3. Meal Organic fertilizer made from seaweed, rich in trace minerals.
  4. Meal Organic fertilizer made from ground animal bones, rich in phosphorus.
  5. Manure Cover crops grown and turned into the soil to add organic matter.
Down
  1. Emulsion Liquid organic fertilizer made from fish, provides balanced nutrients.
  2. ………. Mulch made from tree bark, used to protect and enrich soil.
  3. Grounds Organic material added to soil to improve structure and add nitrogen.
  4. Meal Organic fertilizer made from dried animal blood, high in nitrogen.
  5. Clippings Freshly cut grass used as a mulch or compost ingredient.

10 Clues: ………. Mulch made from tree bark, used to protect and enrich soil. • Material spread over soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds. • Meal Organic fertilizer made from seaweed, rich in trace minerals. • Clippings Freshly cut grass used as a mulch or compost ingredient. • Meal Organic fertilizer made from dried animal blood, high in nitrogen. • ...

Soil and Agriculture 2021-02-19

Soil and Agriculture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of animal feeding operation which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter
  2. The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.
  3. Process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil
  4. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  5. Soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay.
  6. Breaking down of rocks, soils, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms.
  7. Occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.
  8. A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
Down
  1. The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
  2. Granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar
  3. An animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.
  4. occurs when the body doesn't get enough nutrients
  5. A mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
  6. Sand A granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
  7. The hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel.

15 Clues: occurs when the body doesn't get enough nutrients • Process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil • Soil composed mostly of sand, silt, and a smaller amount of clay. • The hard, solid rock beneath surface materials such as soil and gravel. • The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food. • ...

Ceramics 2 Terms 2024-04-16

Ceramics 2 Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tool with round end to help remove/carve clay
  2. sponge used to remove water or smooth surface
  3. kneading of clay to remove air bubbles and rehomogenize clay
  4. wire with two handles on each end
  5. clay snake
  6. the "oven" where the clay gets baked
  7. wooden, plastic, or metal tool for smoothing
  8. pointy tool used for cutting into clay
  9. scratches made before attaching clay
  10. final firing of the kiln with glaze applied
Down
  1. machine used to create ceramic pottery pieces
  2. the act of making ceramics pieces on the pottery wheel
  3. flat disc that goes on the wheel head
  4. a flat piece of clay
  5. wet clay used as glue
  6. a knife used with clay
  7. clay rolled into a ball and pinched into a small vessel
  8. removing clay from inside of pieces that are too thick
  9. the act of pushing clay into the middle of wheel before throwing
  10. paint that is applied to ceramics projects and fired

20 Clues: clay snake • a flat piece of clay • wet clay used as glue • a knife used with clay • wire with two handles on each end • the "oven" where the clay gets baked • scratches made before attaching clay • flat disc that goes on the wheel head • pointy tool used for cutting into clay • final firing of the kiln with glaze applied • wooden, plastic, or metal tool for smoothing • ...

Ceramics 2022-01-25

Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. flat pieces of clay are built up
  2. high or low textures in the carved or pressed into the clay
  3. holding the kiln at 200 degrees to dry out clay
  4. where clay is most workable
  5. clay that is ready to be fired, no moisture
  6. constructed entirely by hand
  7. paint for clay made of sand
  8. fired pottery that is unglazed
  9. term used for baking work
  10. roughing of clay for building
Down
  1. firing at temperature when glaze melts
  2. clay is pinched from the center out to create a bowl shape with thumbs
  3. bulit up with rope
  4. the art of making things from clay
  5. pottery that has been glazed fired
  6. large brick oven for firing pottery
  7. Clay that is dry enough to be joined or carved without distortion.
  8. unfired pottery
  9. a liquid form of clay used as a glue
  10. A process of kneading the clay in a spiral motion forcing out air bubbles in order to obtain a uniform consistency.
  11. first fire of the clay

21 Clues: unfired pottery • bulit up with rope • first fire of the clay • term used for baking work • where clay is most workable • paint for clay made of sand • constructed entirely by hand • roughing of clay for building • fired pottery that is unglazed • flat pieces of clay are built up • the art of making things from clay • pottery that has been glazed fired • ...

Ceramics Final Exam 2014-05-21

Ceramics Final Exam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kiln firing in which glazes are melted to form a smooth glass like surface. (2 words)
  2. Glass-like coating of ceramic materials that melts smooth and bonds to the clay
  3. Clay and water mixture, usually the consistency of thick cream, used to join clay pieces together after scoring surfaces.
  4. Technique for decorating clay pieces by pressing textured objects or shapes into the surface.
  5. The process of applying fire or heat to harden or glaze ceramics
  6. Permanent contraction of the clay in both drying and firing stages
  7. Forming clay by hand including pinch, coil, and slab construction
  8. Clay shapes added to a scored and slipped clay surface for decoration
  9. A flat piece of clay with even thickness.
  10. Shaping a clay piece by gently hitting with a wooden paddle to create flat facets
  11. High fired VITREOUS ware, literally as hard and durable as stone
  12. Wide flat hand-held tool with a straight, curved, or serrated edge, used to smooth or shape clay surfaces.
  13. Completely dry state clay must reach before firing (2 words)
  14. Process of scratching surface of wet or leather hard clay before applying slip and joining pieces.
Down
  1. Quality of damp clay of being workable without cracking.
  2. Process of kneading the clay to remove air bubbles and to insure a homogenous mass
  3. Handbuilding method where clay is formed by pinching repeatedly between thumb and fingers.
  4. Initial kiln firing in which clay will no longer soften in water (2 words)
  5. Fired clay which has been fused together completely so that all pores are closed and body is impervious to water
  6. Any unfired clay form.
  7. Wiping a piece of unfired clay to remove unwanted bits of clay or glaze
  8. Engraving (shallow carving) a design into unfired clay.
  9. Condition of clay where it has stiffened but is still damp (2 words)
  10. High temperature firing for glaze firing stoneware or porcelain. (2 words)
  11. Low temperature firing for bisque firing all types of clay or for glaze firing earthenware or terra cotta. (2 words)
  12. A board used to support and transport a clay object as it is formed
  13. unglazed clay that has been fired in a kiln at a low temperature
  14. Long thin rope-like roll of clay

28 Clues: Any unfired clay form. • Long thin rope-like roll of clay • A flat piece of clay with even thickness. • Engraving (shallow carving) a design into unfired clay. • Quality of damp clay of being workable without cracking. • Completely dry state clay must reach before firing (2 words) • The process of applying fire or heat to harden or glaze ceramics • ...

Clay Basics Crossword puzzle 2025-08-19

Clay Basics Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A way to remember if your walls are not too thick or too thin
  2. Bone dry clay OR __________ is when a clay piece has completely dried, but has not yet been fired in the kiln
  3. Sharp thin needle on a base
  4. Used to help smooth clay and remove clay stuck on surfaces
  5. Used to smooth, shape and connect pieces of clay together
  6. A method that uses long thin ropes out of clay. These are stacked to create vessels of different shapes.
  7. Creating a vessel by sticking your thumb in a ball of clay and gently pinching around the edges to form a large opening
  8. You must ________ your clay before starting every project
Down
  1. clay is clay that has dried enough to hold its shape if you put pressure on it, but still has a little moisture left in it
  2. a thin wire connected by two pieces of wood
  3. Clay that has undergone a first firing in the kiln
  4. Clay that has been processed in a machine to have air bubbles and impurities removed.
  5. Used for trimming, carving, and hollowing out clay pieces
  6. clay that is in semi liquid form (1 of 6 stages)
  7. A fine-grained silicate mineral made when rocks break down
  8. Creating forms by cutting shapes out of thin sheets of clay and attaching them together
  9. A clay oven that bakes finished creations at a very high temperature (over 2000 degrees)
  10. Used for cutting, trimming, shaping, and more with clay
  11. Clay in this stage is durable and waterproof
  12. A special coating for clay that contains glass particles

20 Clues: Sharp thin needle on a base • a thin wire connected by two pieces of wood • Clay in this stage is durable and waterproof • clay that is in semi liquid form (1 of 6 stages) • Clay that has undergone a first firing in the kiln • Used for cutting, trimming, shaping, and more with clay • A special coating for clay that contains glass particles • ...

APES CHOICE BOARD 2022-05-27

APES CHOICE BOARD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. removal of dissolved materials from soil by water moving downwards
  2. (Formation: secondary pollutant, NO2+UV=NO+O O+O2=O3, with VOCs)
  3. rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P
  4. symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit
  5. caused by sulfuric and nitric acids resulting in lowered pH of surface waters
  6. large distinct terrestrial region having similar climate, soil, plants & animals
  7. deposit of leached material in lower soil layers
  8. rock that contains a large enough concentration of a mineral making it profitable to mine
Down
  1. decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia
  2. allows the use of resources in a responsible manner
  3. formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O)
  4. perfect agricultural soil with equal portions of sand, silt, clay
  5. rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate
  6. setting aside areas & protecting them from human activities

14 Clues: decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia • rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P • rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate • deposit of leached material in lower soil layers • symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit • allows the use of resources in a responsible manner • formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O) • ...

APES CHOICE BOARD 2022-05-27

APES CHOICE BOARD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. removal of dissolved materials from soil by water moving downwards
  2. (Formation: secondary pollutant, NO2+UV=NO+O O+O2=O3, with VOCs)
  3. rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P
  4. symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit
  5. caused by sulfuric and nitric acids resulting in lowered pH of surface waters
  6. large distinct terrestrial region having similar climate, soil, plants & animals
  7. deposit of leached material in lower soil layers
  8. rock that contains a large enough concentration of a mineral making it profitable to mine
Down
  1. decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia
  2. allows the use of resources in a responsible manner
  3. formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O)
  4. perfect agricultural soil with equal portions of sand, silt, clay
  5. rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate
  6. setting aside areas & protecting them from human activities

14 Clues: decomposers covert organic waste into ammonia • rapid algal growth caused by an excess of N & P • rule of 70 70 divided by the percent growth rate • deposit of leached material in lower soil layers • symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit • allows the use of resources in a responsible manner • formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight (NO, VOC,O) • ...

MS Ceramics Vocabulary #1 2025-09-21

MS Ceramics Vocabulary #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of recycling clay at any stage except fired.
  2. Clay that has been fired once, “stone-like”.
  3. Basic way to manipulate clay
  4. A glaze finish
  5. The finish before clear
  6. An underglaze finish
  7. Clay that is soft, flexible and ready to be used.
  8. Clay that is dried out completely, but unfired.
  9. Clay work that is ready to be fired in the kiln
  10. Rolled out sheets of clay to build with cut or formed pieces.
Down
  1. Scratching up a surface when attaching another piece of clay.
  2. Clay that has been fired a second time, melts glazes.
  3. Squeeze clay between your fingers and thumb.
  4. The oven like structure to fire clay work.
  5. Rolled out “ropes” or “snakes” of clay.
  6. The element that melts in glaze
  7. The first firing in a kiln
  8. Clay that is slightly drier, still able to be built with, but it is able to hold its shape easily.
  9. Is not the correct color in jar due to elements
  10. A way to prepare the clay for use, softening it and removing air bubbles.
  11. A blended mix of clay and water.

21 Clues: A glaze finish • An underglaze finish • The finish before clear • The first firing in a kiln • Basic way to manipulate clay • The element that melts in glaze • A blended mix of clay and water. • Rolled out “ropes” or “snakes” of clay. • The oven like structure to fire clay work. • Squeeze clay between your fingers and thumb. • Clay that has been fired once, “stone-like”. • ...

Science Court: Soil 2020-10-07

Science Court: Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. large costly item to do work (LFI 700 in this case)
  2. all soil has passed through one and mix the soil naturally
  3. the largest particles found in soil
  4. material that is alive or used to be
Down
  1. light small particles that can be seen in soil
  2. tiny sticky invisible soil particles
  3. mixture of dead plant and animal debris that is needed to keep soil healthy
  4. material that has never been alive

8 Clues: material that has never been alive • the largest particles found in soil • tiny sticky invisible soil particles • material that is alive or used to be • light small particles that can be seen in soil • large costly item to do work (LFI 700 in this case) • all soil has passed through one and mix the soil naturally • ...

Paul's 90th Puzzle 2020-01-16

Paul's 90th Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where Paul met Rita
  2. Paul’s 1st job
  3. Paul's Greek Adventure
  4. Glosser family game
  5. Rita’s reaction to Paul's 1st date
  6. Favorite Paul/Rich activity
  7. Favorite fishing spot
Down
  1. What Paul makes that is the best in the land
  2. Paul’s favorite dish?
  3. Old country chant
  4. Paul's younger mirror
  5. Paul's puzzle master
  6. Paul’s Sunday pastime
  7. Paul’s college nickname

14 Clues: Paul’s 1st job • Old country chant • Where Paul met Rita • Glosser family game • Paul's puzzle master • Paul’s favorite dish? • Paul's younger mirror • Paul’s Sunday pastime • Favorite fishing spot • Paul's Greek Adventure • Paul’s college nickname • Favorite Paul/Rich activity • Rita’s reaction to Paul's 1st date • What Paul makes that is the best in the land

Ceramic s 2016-04-24

Ceramic s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay formed and shaped before it starts drying
  2. is an element of art that is three-dimensional (has height, width, and depth) and encloses volume.
  3. mixture of clay and water (mud) used to connect pieces of clay
  4. sculpture that is three dimensional or 3-D
  5. oven for firing clay
  6. term used for heating clay
  7. first firing of clay
  8. method used for forming clay by rolling clay out flat
Down
  1. to press and turn clay to let air escape from clay
  2. pottery or clay sculpture fired at high temperature
  3. crushed minerals and decomposed matter (dirt)
  4. clay that is in first stage of drying but can only be carved on cannot be modeled
  5. method used to shape clay by rolling it into strings
  6. shaping and forming clay
  7. final stage of drying, very brittle, may be put in kiln
  8. marking clay to join it together with another piece of clay using slip
  9. method to form clay by pinching and pulling clay
  10. coating put on clay to give it a glossy or mat finish

18 Clues: oven for firing clay • first firing of clay • shaping and forming clay • term used for heating clay • sculpture that is three dimensional or 3-D • crushed minerals and decomposed matter (dirt) • clay formed and shaped before it starts drying • method to form clay by pinching and pulling clay • to press and turn clay to let air escape from clay • ...

Terrestrial Ecosystem Vocabulary 2024-02-16

Terrestrial Ecosystem Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the soil particle whose sizes ranges from 0.05-0.002 mm
  2. acid in water reacts with some of the minerals in rocks speeding up the weathering process
  3. the ability to hold water
  4. curved plates of rocks are stripped from rock below
  5. quantifies the amount of leaf material in a canopy
  6. the removal of moisture from something
  7. the splitting or breaking of rock by the pressure of water freezing and thawing
  8. the biotic factor of soil formation
  9. brief increases in solar irradiance that occurs in understories
  10. the dominant factor influencing the absorption and reflection of solar radiation in terrestrial ecosystems
  11. a sequence of horizontal layers
  12. the soil forming factor that refers to the slope of the land
Down
  1. major group of weathering in which the interaction of rock with mineral solutions to change the composition of rocks
  2. the long-term weather pattern in a region
  3. rocks and sediment grind against each other wearing away the surfaces
  4. the largest of the three soil particles
  5. the mixing of water with carbon dioxide to make carbonic acid
  6. the reaction of a substance with oxygen
  7. refers to the proportion of different sized soil particles
  8. the material from which soil develops
  9. the ability of a substance to pass through another substance
  10. major group of weathering in which rocks are broken down without changing the chemical composition
  11. the breakdown of rock by acidic water to produce clay and solute salts

23 Clues: the ability to hold water • a sequence of horizontal layers • the biotic factor of soil formation • the material from which soil develops • the removal of moisture from something • the largest of the three soil particles • the reaction of a substance with oxygen • the long-term weather pattern in a region • quantifies the amount of leaf material in a canopy • ...

Chapter 8 Using Resources Wisely 2016-04-17

Chapter 8 Using Resources Wisely crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Can be as simple as rinsing a plastic cup and using it again.
  2. means to use less material.
  3. A resource that is easily replaced or that can be used over and over again is a __________.
  4. Renewable resources that are used to produce energy are called___________.
  5. Things from the natural world that people need to stay alive or find useful are called_______.
  6. The soil that forms from the bedrock benaeth.
  7. Is recovering a resource from one item and using that resource to make another item.
  8. Hydroelectric power plants use ___________ to generate electricity.
  9. Come from the remains of ancient plants and animals_________.
  10. Is a place where trash is deposited and then covered with plastic or clay.
  11. All of the soil horizons together are called a _______.
  12. Horizon B is the ________ which usually contains very little humus.
Down
  1. Natural resources that are used to produce energy.
  2. Anatural resource that is not easily replaced is __________.
  3. Carbon dioxide a gas formed when fossil fuels are burned may cause ________.
  4. The efficient use of resources is called__________.
  5. Soil that has been carried from some other location by wind and water is called _________.
  6. Decayed organic material carried by rainwater into developing soil is known as __________.
  7. Over time soil develops definite layers called _______.
  8. Horizon A is _______ which contains humus, minerals, and rock fragments, as well as insects and earthworms.
  9. A natural resource made up of minerals and small rocks, water, gases, and organic matter.

21 Clues: means to use less material. • The soil that forms from the bedrock benaeth. • Natural resources that are used to produce energy. • The efficient use of resources is called__________. • Over time soil develops definite layers called _______. • All of the soil horizons together are called a _______. • Anatural resource that is not easily replaced is __________. • ...

Ceramics 1 Tools and such 2025-01-24

Ceramics 1 Tools and such crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the art of making sculptures, pottery, and artwork with clay.
  2. once fired clay which is the fifth stage of clay.
  3. knife, a special clay knife used to remove excess clay from a slip cast object.
  4. a wire or string used to cut clay
  5. the second stage of clay where it is workable and soft.
  6. a flat piece of clay that has been streched and used for building, it is also a method of handbuilding.
  7. the third stage of clay where the clay has become stiff but there is still water remaining in the clay.
  8. a piece of clay that has been complressed and lengthened by rolling it out.
  9. the first stage of clay, and can be used as clay glue
  10. a tool used to add or subtract water and to clean surfaces.
  11. the act of squeezing fingers together to manipulate clay to build.
Down
  1. the act of compressing and smoothing the clay with a rib tool
  2. a wooden or plastic tray to transport and store work on.
  3. the final stage of clay that has been covered in glazed and fired in a kiln to make the glaze melt.
  4. the act of scratching into the surface of the clay which prepares it for attachment.
  5. tool, a needle tipped tool that can be used to cut or draw into clay
  6. the other name for the rim or the top edge of a piece of pottery
  7. the bottom of a piece of pottery
  8. a tool for smoothing and compressing clay that can be plastic, rubber or wood.
  9. the way something feels
  10. knife, a precision cutting tool that is very sharp
  11. the oven-like electrical device that heat up and turns clay to stone.
  12. pot, a vessel that has been made out of clay using the pinch method

23 Clues: the way something feels • the bottom of a piece of pottery • a wire or string used to cut clay • once fired clay which is the fifth stage of clay. • knife, a precision cutting tool that is very sharp • the first stage of clay, and can be used as clay glue • the second stage of clay where it is workable and soft. • ...

art 2023-05-18

art crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a wire used to cut clay
  2. feels cold to touch, changing color
  3. a rolled out flat piece of clay
  4. a process to get air bubbles out of clay
  5. a ribbon like tool used to shave off clay
  6. soft, workable clay
  7. a knife used to cut clay
  8. the oven used to fire clay
Down
  1. room temp, ready to fire
  2. a rib shaped tool used to smooth corners
  3. a loop shaped tool used to shave off clay
  4. a kidney bean shaped tool used to smooth
  5. a pin shaped tool used for poking or scratching
  6. a tool used to model clay
  7. watered down clay used for attaching
  8. firm, stiff, and holds shape
  9. smoothing clay together
  10. scratching the clay for attaching
  11. a thin snake like piece of clay

19 Clues: soft, workable clay • a wire used to cut clay • smoothing clay together • room temp, ready to fire • a knife used to cut clay • a tool used to model clay • the oven used to fire clay • firm, stiff, and holds shape • a rolled out flat piece of clay • a thin snake like piece of clay • scratching the clay for attaching • feels cold to touch, changing color • ...

Principles of Agriculture Crossword #1 2025-09-02

Principles of Agriculture Crossword #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – A chosen field of work, often requiring education or training.
  2. – Green pigment in plants that absorbs light.
  3. – Student organization that develops leadership in agriculture.
  4. – Plant organ where photosynthesis mainly occurs.
  5. – Starting and managing your own business.
  6. – A new idea or method that improves practices.
  7. – Growing plants without soil in nutrient solutions.
  8. – Structure that allows controlled plant growth.
  9. – The science of growing crops and raising animals.
  10. – Best soil for crops, made of sand, silt, and clay.
  11. – Chemical used to kill weeds.
  12. – A young plant just starting to grow.
  13. – Transfer of pollen from one flower to another.
Down
  1. – Supervised Agricultural Experience, a hands-on ag project.
  2. – Material added to soil to provide nutrients for plants.
  3. – Guiding and inspiring others to achieve goals.
  4. – Decomposed organic material used to enrich soil.
  5. – Reproductive part of a plant.
  6. – Changing crops in a field to keep soil healthy.
  7. – Plant part that absorbs water and anchors the plant.
  8. – Process plants use to make food from sunlight.
  9. – Plant structure that supports leaves and transports nutrients.
  10. – Mixture of minerals and organic matter that supports plants.
  11. – Business related to farming and food production.
  12. – Using resources in a way that protects the future.
  13. – A raw agricultural product like corn, cotton, or beef.
  14. – Supplying water to crops by artificial means.
  15. – Chemical used to kill pests on crops.
  16. – Process of a seed starting to grow.
  17. – Gathering mature crops from the field.

30 Clues: – Chemical used to kill weeds. • – Reproductive part of a plant. • – Process of a seed starting to grow. • – A young plant just starting to grow. • – Chemical used to kill pests on crops. • – Gathering mature crops from the field. • – Starting and managing your own business. • – Green pigment in plants that absorbs light. • – A new idea or method that improves practices. • ...

Unit 4 vocab 2023-10-22

Unit 4 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2nd layer of the atmosphere
  2. Observes ultraviolet radiation from the sun
  3. At the north and south poles
  4. weathered bedrock
  5. sand silt and clay
  6. The way the earth’s rotation affects wind patterns
  7. Model of the earth’s atmospheric circulation
  8. mixture of organic materials
Down
  1. deep ocean currents driven by density and temperature
  2. Unusually warm water in the pacific
  3. 4th layer of the atmosphere
  4. 3rd layer of the atmosphere
  5. Average motion of air
  6. Land turned desert because of mountain
  7. 1st layer of the atmosphere
  8. 5th layer of the atmosphere
  9. From the surface to parent material

17 Clues: weathered bedrock • sand silt and clay • Average motion of air • 2nd layer of the atmosphere • 4th layer of the atmosphere • 3rd layer of the atmosphere • 1st layer of the atmosphere • 5th layer of the atmosphere • At the north and south poles • mixture of organic materials • Unusually warm water in the pacific • From the surface to parent material • ...

Soil and Groundwater Review 2022-04-25

Soil and Groundwater Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediments from one location to another
  2. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock
  3. zone of ____ is the below the water table and above bedrock where water fill all of the gaps in the soil
  4. a soil ___ is different layers that differ in color and texture from the layer above or below it
  5. the process of transporting nutrients from one layer to another
  6. zone of _____ is above the water table where gaps in the soil is filled with air and water but is not saturated
  7. the impermeable parent material in horizon D/R and is located below ground water
  8. a loose mixture of rock fragments, organic material, water, and air
Down
  1. horizon B made of clay, weather rock, and minerals
  2. the chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface
  3. the top of the zone of aeration
  4. soil ____ is the all of the vertical layers that make up soil
  5. horizon A made of mostly inorganic materials

13 Clues: the top of the zone of aeration • horizon A made of mostly inorganic materials • horizon B made of clay, weather rock, and minerals • soil ____ is the all of the vertical layers that make up soil • the process of transporting nutrients from one layer to another • water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock • ...

Soil Lab: Crossword 2014-12-03

Soil Lab: Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What does C stand for in texture stand.
  2. What deposit improves productivity
  3. Soil pit should reach a minimum of?
  4. Frequent horizon found under Ae
  5. What does C stand for.
  6. How is Loess particles deposited?
  7. What horizon is the least modified
  8. What proportion of and average soil has 25%.
  9. Process of forming distinct layers.
  10. What does Ck stand for.
  11. The formation of mottles is considered what type of soil formation process.
  12. Loess is typically?
  13. What kind of material is the C horizon
  14. What does Ae stand for.
  15. Jack pine are typically more suited to______ deposits.
  16. Where is the air in the soil typically found.
  17. Capillary water moves in____ direction.
  18. Name one thing that can affect infiltration that starts with the letter C.
  19. What size particle does fast moving water deposit
  20. What does L stand for in texture stand.
  21. what kind of soil usually limits rooting dept for plants?
  22. Movement through the soil of materials brought into suspension or dissolved by the action of water.
  23. What color is illouviated soil.
  24. How deep is a shallow soil.
Down
  1. A ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
  2. What proportion of and average soil has 5%.
  3. Big mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly.
  4. Unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
  5. Bedrock is consolidated. What is soil.
  6. What is found along the bottom of the texture triangle "Horizontal"
  7. Composed of organic, mineral, and water. Capable of supporting plant growth.
  8. What color is the organic matter.
  9. What type of soil has the least amount of available air.
  10. Glaciofluvial is deposition by ?
  11. Where is hygroscopic found?
  12. In what type of deposit are you most likely to find loam.
  13. What proportion of and average soil has 25%.
  14. Deposit containing sorted fine textured material
  15. Gravitation water moves in_____ direction.
  16. What does Si stand for in texture stand.
  17. What color would you find in the B horizon.
  18. Serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
  19. What proportion of and average soil has 45%.
  20. Parent material is also known as ?
  21. What horizon is the most modified
  22. Predominantly mineral soil horizons are labeled?

46 Clues: Loess is typically? • What does C stand for. • What does Ck stand for. • What does Ae stand for. • Where is hygroscopic found? • How deep is a shallow soil. • Frequent horizon found under Ae • What color is illouviated soil. • Glaciofluvial is deposition by ? • How is Loess particles deposited? • What color is the organic matter. • What horizon is the most modified • ...

Soils 2014-12-07

Soils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. deposition caused by humans
  2. typically most limiting for terrestrial ecosystems
  3. soil formation process from upper organic layer
  4. when warm and cold meet...
  5. tectonics the 'floating' and moving crust
  6. lakes, beach deposits
  7. Conifer forests and sphagnum peat
  8. unconsolidated outer layer of the earth's crust-organic and mineral
  9. shortest supply for plant survival
  10. Soils considered contaminated when levels reach this
  11. slimy creature that takes part in the nutrient translocation
  12. moraine type of ridge that forms when a glacier pauses for a prolonged time
  13. capping it off-preventing access, volatization, leeching
  14. water that fills and drains rapidly through macro pores
  15. bacteria, fungi etc. working with contaminants
  16. a process of nutrient loss in the soil
  17. soil formation process from chemical compounds
  18. heavy metal contaminants
  19. a red blotch in soil where water has been sitting for a while
  20. natural occuring solid material with specific structure and chem. comp.
  21. Neg. charged soil particles attract and hold positive charged ions
  22. soil moisture that is held after drainage
  23. glacial deposits that are unsorted and unstratified
  24. most common soil type in Boreal forest
  25. type of fresh-water that moves towards oceans
Down
  1. purposeful application of hazardous substances
  2. elements required in the greatest amount by plants
  3. major body of water holds 97.6% of the Earth's available water
  4. the study of moving water
  5. Intrusive or Extrusive molten rock
  6. hazardous substances mixed with the naturally occurring soil
  7. wind deposited soils
  8. evaporation from plants
  9. water held between field capacity and wilting point
  10. sand particle larger than 2mm
  11. Extrusive, weathers easily and creates alkaline soils
  12. water bound in micro-pores that moves to low energy areas
  13. a separation with electric currents
  14. soil that has at least 40cm of organic matter
  15. Water infiltrated water into soil and rock
  16. geological material that is unaltered
  17. the process of water entering the soil medium
  18. natural occuring solid material composed of one or more minerals
  19. an digging tool for sampling soil profiles
  20. All water _______
  21. alteration of existing rock-forms under pressure or heat
  22. platey and compactable soil texture with high field holding capacity
  23. typically the most limiting for aquatic ecosystems

48 Clues: All water _______ • wind deposited soils • lakes, beach deposits • evaporation from plants • heavy metal contaminants • the study of moving water • when warm and cold meet... • deposition caused by humans • sand particle larger than 2mm • Conifer forests and sphagnum peat • Intrusive or Extrusive molten rock • shortest supply for plant survival • a separation with electric currents • ...

Ceramic terminology 2020-04-13

Ceramic terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. kneading clay to a uniform texture
  2. hand building by blending coils together
  3. clay plus pigments for decoration
  4. to sculpt and blend surfaces of clay
  5. forming plastic clay on a potter's wheel
  6. method to attach pieces of clay
  7. ceramic "glue" to fuse pieces together
  8. hand building by pinching thumb and fingers
  9. tool to shape clay and smooth surface
  10. decorating with a syringe with colored slip
Down
  1. clays workable state
  2. contraction of clay by drying and firing
  3. 2nd firing;glass glaze
  4. pinch, coil, slab
  5. stage to carve and join slabs
  6. furnace to "fire"clay
  7. decoration achieved by scratching through slip
  8. most breakable, ready to bisque
  9. machine for mixing clay
  10. hand building by joining flat clay pieces
  11. hardening of clay body

21 Clues: pinch, coil, slab • clays workable state • furnace to "fire"clay • 2nd firing;glass glaze • hardening of clay body • machine for mixing clay • stage to carve and join slabs • most breakable, ready to bisque • method to attach pieces of clay • clay plus pigments for decoration • kneading clay to a uniform texture • to sculpt and blend surfaces of clay • ...

Ceramics terms 2023-05-15

Ceramics terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. String/wire used to cut clay
  2. Used to score clay and make detailed markings
  3. curved wood tool used for getting smooth edges
  4. Color change, cold, brittle, able to add underglaze,minor carving, and smoothing
  5. Scratching the clay
  6. Blending the clay together to get a good seal
  7. Clay is form sturdy and able to carve
  8. Used for cutting clay from slab pieces or scoring the clay
  9. Large L-shaped wire with wooden handle
  10. Soft workable clay and able to sculpt
Down
  1. Thin rope like piece of clay
  2. Large or small wooden handle tool with wire loop on the end
  3. Kneading the clay to remove air bubbles
  4. Oven used to fire clay
  5. bendable plastic tool used to smooth edges
  6. Wooden tools used for shaping and joining clay
  7. Flat sheet of clay
  8. Room temperature,ready to fire, breakable
  9. watered down clay; decoration, paste "glue"

19 Clues: Flat sheet of clay • Scratching the clay • Oven used to fire clay • String/wire used to cut clay • Thin rope like piece of clay • Clay is form sturdy and able to carve • Soft workable clay and able to sculpt • Large L-shaped wire with wooden handle • Kneading the clay to remove air bubbles • Room temperature,ready to fire, breakable • bendable plastic tool used to smooth edges • ...

ceramics crossword 2023-05-15

ceramics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. scratching the clay
  2. it is easy to break
  3. room temp,ready to fire, its fragile
  4. Has a trunk
  5. oven used to fire clay
  6. tool tool that helps shave the clay
  7. Likes to chase mice
  8. Large marsupial
  9. rubber tool helps with smoothing
  10. Man's best friend
  11. cutter thin piece of wire to cut the clay
  12. making the clay attached
  13. sheet of clay
Down
  1. tool a too to help model
  2. dry feels cold, color change ,brittle
  3. watered down clay
  4. kidney
  5. tool a tool with a pin sticking out
  6. soft workable able to sculpt
  7. throwing making clay into pieces such as bowls,vases,ect.
  8. knife a clay knife
  9. Flying mammal
  10. hard firm stiff, able to carve
  11. opposite of hot
  12. tool tool that helps shave clay
  13. kneading clay to get air bubbles
  14. rope piece of clay

27 Clues: kidney • Has a trunk • Flying mammal • sheet of clay • opposite of hot • Large marsupial • watered down clay • Man's best friend • knife a clay knife • rope piece of clay • scratching the clay • it is easy to break • Likes to chase mice • oven used to fire clay • tool a too to help model • making the clay attached • soft workable able to sculpt • hard firm stiff, able to carve • ...

Cranch, Danch, & Branch 2023-09-21

Cranch, Danch, & Branch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. literary crucifixion
  2. dog, sog, log, smog, frog, hog, grog
  3. virtue, fruit, spirit
  4. we're done, sleepy
  5. sin, goes before autumn
  6. disease, very bad; THINK werewolf
  7. THINK crossword structure
  8. child, bad, fossil
  9. strange journey, myth
  10. resurrecting attorney
  11. passage of time, THINK titan
  12. child, not foot, not philiac
  13. flavor, farm
  14. inescapable, never-ending, ever-moving
  15. flavortown
  16. child, servant, candle, robe; THINK Incense
  17. child, dead, alive, goth; THINK Alucard
  18. city, near
  19. one day you will be this; THINK evolution
  20. member of the nightshade family; THINK bob
  21. clay, breath, truth; THINK Minecraft
  22. take off the ow, loud
  23. you are one; THINK Zodiac
Down
  1. it begins with i; think Sean Connery
  2. dehydrated, sad; THINK net
  3. THINK BOB
  4. THINKCROSSWORD STRUCTURE
  5. THINK mellow
  6. candy, plant, rope
  7. liquid chemical answer
  8. queen, ice cream, movie
  9. wild, Celt; THINK D&D
  10. bridge, falling, city, capital
  11. finger, move, speak
  12. Johnny Cash revival song
  13. swing, child, smoke; THINK Incense
  14. field, red, water, old people, spiders
  15. jesse <3
  16. crown, cran
  17. move swiftly, YOU FOOLS

40 Clues: jesse <3 • THINK BOB • flavortown • city, near • crown, cran • THINK mellow • flavor, farm • we're done, sleepy • candy, plant, rope • child, bad, fossil • finger, move, speak • literary crucifixion • virtue, fruit, spirit • wild, Celt; THINK D&D • strange journey, myth • resurrecting attorney • take off the ow, loud • liquid chemical answer • sin, goes before autumn • queen, ice cream, movie • ...

Answer Key 2021-06-03

Answer Key crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rope-like pieces of clay
  2. this technique begins by applying bands of slip
  3. Used with slip
  4. help you measure whether a kiln has reached the right temperature
  5. Clay which has been made flat by rolling.
  6. used to smooth clay out
  7. used to mix clay and other materials into a plastic state.
  8. the slip may take a drizzle-like shape
  9. clay paint
  10. bakes clay
Down
  1. For flattening and smoothing clay.
  2. When used with water it allows others to smooth out their clay.
  3. ancient technique
  4. not shiny
  5. used to add textures
  6. clay glue
  7. used to paint clay
  8. Have a function (use) like a pot or a bowl.
  9. ridding the clay of all air pockets.
  10. most widely known and used methods of decorating with slip
  11. shiny

21 Clues: shiny • not shiny • clay glue • clay paint • bakes clay • Used with slip • ancient technique • used to paint clay • used to add textures • used to smooth clay out • rope-like pieces of clay • For flattening and smoothing clay. • ridding the clay of all air pockets. • the slip may take a drizzle-like shape • Clay which has been made flat by rolling. • ...

science ch 1 puzzle 2021-07-06

science ch 1 puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fertilizer
  2. process of supplying water to crops at different intervals is called.
  3. chemicals that are used to remove weeds.
  4. a tool which is used for removing weeds and for loosening soil.
  5. chemical substances rich in nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium.
  6. soil matter formed by decayed organic matter is called
  7. Activities the activities used for cultivation of crops
  8. Seed drill is used for
Down
  1. BHC (Benzene hexachloride) is a
  2. plant products to replace weedicides.
  3. instrument is used for spraying weedicides
  4. a source of irrigation
  5. Transplantation of seedling is done in
  6. name of the undesirable plants that grow among the crops
  7. process of loosening and turning of the soil called.
  8. organic substances which are added to the soil in the form of nutrients called.
  9. crop belonging to rabi crop.

17 Clues: a fertilizer • a source of irrigation • Seed drill is used for • crop belonging to rabi crop. • BHC (Benzene hexachloride) is a • plant products to replace weedicides. • Transplantation of seedling is done in • chemicals that are used to remove weeds. • instrument is used for spraying weedicides • process of loosening and turning of the soil called. • ...

Art Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-16

Art Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thin rope like piece of clay
  2. rubber, wooden or metal tools used to facilitate wheel thrown pottery forms.
  3. the second stage of clay drying
  4. any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge
  5. rolled out flat piece of clay
  6. a platform for creating analysis tools.
  7. used to remove controlled amounts of clay from wheel-thrown and sculpture pieces
  8. an oven used to fire clay
  9. the act of kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  10. scratching the clay for attaching
  11. used to trim the pour-hole waste and remove mold marks from cast greenware
  12. finishing rubbers moulded from pliable rubber in three sizes and two different grades of resiliency.
Down
  1. used to smear clay together
  2. made out of flattened metal ribbons with sharpened edges.
  3. the third stage of clay drying
  4. the first stage of clay drying
  5. smoothing the clay together
  6. watered down clay
  7. second stage of firing
  8. the fifth stage of clay drying
  9. an edge tool used in cutting wire
  10. Dry the fourth stage of clay drying

22 Clues: watered down clay • second stage of firing • an oven used to fire clay • used to smear clay together • smoothing the clay together • thin rope like piece of clay • rolled out flat piece of clay • the third stage of clay drying • the first stage of clay drying • the fifth stage of clay drying • the second stage of clay drying • an edge tool used in cutting wire • ...

Clay Vocab Crossword 2022-04-28

Clay Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the oven that the clay goes in
  2. Clay that is fresh and soft
  3. colorful mud like mixture that melts shinny
  4. a snake like way to put clay together
  5. clay that has been fired once with no glaze
  6. flat pieces of clay you can build with
  7. hand forming using you hands as pinchers
  8. Putting clay in the Kiln to cook
  9. clay formed on a spinning wheel
  10. Any clay that has not been fired
  11. wet clay used to help hold pieces together
Down
  1. a spinning top made of clay
  2. a store that lets you glaze bisque ware 4 $$
  3. Clay stage before bone dry
  4. scratching the clay when attaching pieces
  5. clay that has been fired
  6. Clay that is ready to fire
  7. clay that blows up in kiln

18 Clues: clay that has been fired • Clay stage before bone dry • Clay that is ready to fire • clay that blows up in kiln • a spinning top made of clay • Clay that is fresh and soft • the oven that the clay goes in • clay formed on a spinning wheel • Putting clay in the Kiln to cook • Any clay that has not been fired • a snake like way to put clay together • ...

What Makes Up the Earth? 2023-02-12

What Makes Up the Earth? crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rivers, Bodies of water that flow at the bottom of a cave.
  2. The Earth's outermost layer.
  3. A type of sedimentary rock that formed in the sea.
  4. The planet you live on!
  5. Formations that look like icicles that grow UP from the ground of a cave.
  6. core, The outer layer of the core that is made up of iron and nickel.
Down
  1. core, The deepest and hottest layer of our planet.
  2. the remains or traces of prehistoric life such as animal bones or footprints.
  3. The loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow.
  4. The solid layer of rock under the loose surface (soil, clay, gravel, sand) of the Earth.
  5. The rocky shell that lies between the outer core of our planet.
  6. Formations that look like icicles and grow DOWN from the ceiling of a cave.
  7. The layer of rock under clay.

13 Clues: The planet you live on! • The Earth's outermost layer. • The layer of rock under clay. • core, The deepest and hottest layer of our planet. • A type of sedimentary rock that formed in the sea. • rivers, Bodies of water that flow at the bottom of a cave. • The loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow. • ...

Pottery Vocab 2021-09-10

Pottery Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wet clay, like glue
  2. skilled artist and builders demonstrate
  3. outstanding property of clay
  4. pushing the clay and getting air bubbles out
  5. unfired clay pottery
  6. building up sides of pottery with rolls of clay
  7. clay rolled into thin sheets and put into shapes
  8. mixture of powdered materials and permelted glass
  9. the time the clay touches the wheel to the time it's stopped
  10. firing without glaze
  11. hard resistent material
Down
  1. firing clay for the first time
  2. clay that is ready to be fired
  3. clay that is dry but still damp
  4. oven used to fire pottery
  5. fired with the glaze
  6. firing to a temperature that melts the glaze
  7. scratching hashmarks to combine clay
  8. form of handmade pottery
  9. building creating forms without a wheel, forming by hand

20 Clues: wet clay, like glue • fired with the glaze • unfired clay pottery • firing without glaze • hard resistent material • form of handmade pottery • oven used to fire pottery • outstanding property of clay • firing clay for the first time • clay that is ready to be fired • clay that is dry but still damp • scratching hashmarks to combine clay • skilled artist and builders demonstrate • ...

Ceramic Terms 2022-10-14

Ceramic Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A flat piece of clay created by rolling out the clay
  2. the tool used for smoothing clay; can be wooden or rubber
  3. removing clay from semi-dried clay
  4. The name of ceramic piece after 1st firing
  5. the process of creating vessels on a wheel
  6. using wet clay to create raised drawings on a clay surface
  7. The ceramic term for kneading the clay
  8. Ceramic piece that has been fired a second time
  9. the tool used for carving clay
Down
  1. using extra wet clay to draw lines
  2. The oven where clay is fired
  3. Roughen up surface of clay so two clay pieces adhere to each other
  4. Pottery technique using ropes of clay to build vessels
  5. The name of the machine used to throw clay.
  6. using rubber stamps to press in patterns
  7. Liquid glass that is used to paint bisque pieces
  8. Liquid clay, used to create a bond between 2 pieces of clay
  9. Clay that is completely dry and ready for firing.

18 Clues: The oven where clay is fired • the tool used for carving clay • using extra wet clay to draw lines • removing clay from semi-dried clay • The ceramic term for kneading the clay • using rubber stamps to press in patterns • The name of ceramic piece after 1st firing • the process of creating vessels on a wheel • The name of the machine used to throw clay. • ...

Earths layers vocabulary 2022-02-07

Earths layers vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fracture between two blocks of rock
  2. fertile soil of sand and clay consisting humus
  3. the action of compressing or pushing hard or tight
  4. a path along the pacific ocean that is full of active volcanoes
  5. seismic wave that shakes the ground perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving
  6. upper layer of earths mantle
  7. a sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. of the continents
  9. a long narrow ditch
  10. the formation of new oceanic crust
  11. a seismic wave that is trapped under earths surface
  12. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  13. to cut or break something
  14. a thin layer of weathered rocks
  15. massive plate of solid rock
  16. a land between hills or mountians usually with a river
  17. the outer layer of the earth and other terrestrial planets
Down
  1. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake
  2. earths outer core made of iron and nickle
  3. hot dense ball of mostly iron
  4. when two techtonic plates move away from each other
  5. elastic waves in the earth made by earthquakes
  6. rigid part of the earth consisting the crust and upper mantle
  7. the gradual
  8. organic soil composed by leaves
  9. earths solid interior
  10. a large land mass that is usually shaped like a pyramid
  11. locations where lithosphere are moving towards one another
  12. location where two plates slide past one another
  13. force when stretched
  14. seismic body wave that shakes earth in the same and opposite way the wave is moving
  15. shaking of the earth caused by the outermost layer
  16. an opening in the earths crust where lava comes out
  17. a super Continent that was all the continents put together
  18. fine wet nature soil

35 Clues: the gradual • of the continents • a long narrow ditch • force when stretched • fine wet nature soil • earths solid interior • to cut or break something • massive plate of solid rock • upper layer of earths mantle • hot dense ball of mostly iron • organic soil composed by leaves • a thin layer of weathered rocks • the formation of new oceanic crust • fracture between two blocks of rock • ...

Earths layers vocabulary 2022-02-07

Earths layers vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fracture between two blocks of rock
  2. fertile soil of sand and clay consisting humus
  3. the action of compressing or pushing hard or tight
  4. a path along the pacific ocean that is full of active volcanoes
  5. seismic wave that shakes the ground perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving
  6. upper layer of earths mantle
  7. a sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. of the continents
  9. a long narrow ditch
  10. the formation of new oceanic crust
  11. a seismic wave that is trapped under earths surface
  12. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  13. to cut or break something
  14. a thin layer of weathered rocks
  15. massive plate of solid rock
  16. a land between hills or mountians usually with a river
  17. the outer layer of the earth and other terrestrial planets
Down
  1. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake
  2. earths outer core made of iron and nickle
  3. hot dense ball of mostly iron
  4. when two techtonic plates move away from each other
  5. elastic waves in the earth made by earthquakes
  6. rigid part of the earth consisting the crust and upper mantle
  7. the gradual
  8. organic soil composed by leaves
  9. earths solid interior
  10. a large land mass that is usually shaped like a pyramid
  11. locations where lithosphere are moving towards one another
  12. location where two plates slide past one another
  13. force when stretched
  14. seismic body wave that shakes earth in the same and opposite way the wave is moving
  15. shaking of the earth caused by the outermost layer
  16. an opening in the earths crust where lava comes out
  17. a super Continent that was all the continents put together
  18. fine wet nature soil

35 Clues: the gradual • of the continents • a long narrow ditch • force when stretched • fine wet nature soil • earths solid interior • to cut or break something • massive plate of solid rock • upper layer of earths mantle • hot dense ball of mostly iron • organic soil composed by leaves • a thin layer of weathered rocks • the formation of new oceanic crust • fracture between two blocks of rock • ...

Rock Cycle 2014-01-24

Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. the action of depositing something.
  4. rock altered by pressure and heat
  5. the binding together of particles or other things by cement; process of altering a metal by heating it in contact with a powdered solid
  6. hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  7. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials
  8. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  9. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
  10. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  11. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\
Down
  1. the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
  2. a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk.
  3. an increase in the density of something
  4. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.
  5. is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock
  6. the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  7. Parent material is the underlying geological material in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material
  8. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
  9. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  10. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks
  11. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment

22 Clues: rock altered by pressure and heat • the action of depositing something. • an increase in the density of something • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure • rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\ • hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust • ...

Grade 2 - Science Review 2024-04-24

Grade 2 - Science Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of soil that's sticky when wet and hard when dry.
  2. A worm-like insect often used as food for other animals.
  3. Fine soil that's often carried by water.
  4. Water found in oceans and seas, which is salty.
  5. You can see through it, but not very clearly.
  6. You can see through it clearly.
  7. Something thick and sticky, like syrup.
  8. When pollen from one flower reaches another to help plants make seeds.
  9. Something strong and shiny, like iron or gold.
  10. A small, round stone.
  11. A hard material that is made by baking clay.
  12. How many stages in mealworm life cycle
  13. The dirt where plants grow.
  14. Someone who studies rocks and the Earth.
  15. Something special about an object.
  16. What you breathe, but you can't see it.
  17. Something you can hold and it keeps its shape.
  18. Not easy to bend or change shape.
Down
  1. Rough paper used for smoothing wood or metal.
  2. The process of rocks breaking down over time.
  3. Water that is not salty, like in lakes and rivers.
  4. Something that can bend easily.
  5. The green part of a plant that helps it make food.
  6. The hard outer covering of insects.
  7. How something feels, like smooth or rough.
  8. The wearing away of land by wind or water.
  9. A mountain that can erupt and spew out hot lava.
  10. Something that flows like water.
  11. The first stage in mealworm life cycle
  12. The colorful part of a plant that attracts insects.
  13. Small animals with six legs and usually wings.
  14. Thorax, Abdomen The three parts of an insect's body.
  15. The stage of a mealworm life cycle where it doesn't move but wiggles
  16. Decayed plant and animal matter in soil that helps plants grow.
  17. Tiny grains found on beaches or in deserts.
  18. A material that can be shaped easily when it's heated.

36 Clues: A small, round stone. • The dirt where plants grow. • Something that can bend easily. • You can see through it clearly. • Something that flows like water. • Not easy to bend or change shape. • Something special about an object. • The hard outer covering of insects. • The first stage in mealworm life cycle • How many stages in mealworm life cycle • ...

Soil 2022-09-23

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Over time rocks and ________ break down into little pieces to form soil.
  2. What makes soil healthy and good for growing plants?
  3. Which layer of soil is best for growing plants?
  4. What is a mix of soil and rotting parts of plants and animals?
  5. ______ cannot grow without nutrients.
Down
  1. What do we call soil that is rich with nutrients?
  2. ______ and other small living things help break down the living things.
  3. Which layer of soil is beneath topsoil?
  4. Fertile soil is important for crops and other plants.
  5. Soil takes a very long time to _______.

10 Clues: ______ cannot grow without nutrients. • Which layer of soil is beneath topsoil? • Soil takes a very long time to _______. • Which layer of soil is best for growing plants? • What do we call soil that is rich with nutrients? • What makes soil healthy and good for growing plants? • Fertile soil is important for crops and other plants. • ...

Ceramic Vocabulary 2017-08-18

Ceramic Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Very fine white clay
  2. Course clay that has not been fired
  3. A watery clay substance
  4. Course clay that has been fired
  5. A machine used to push out uniform clay coils
  6. Wax painted on a clay pot to keep glaze out of certain designs
  7. Slip piped out of a bag for decoration
  8. A chemical added to glazes to add color
  9. A room or cabinet used to keep ceramics workable overnight.
  10. Centering clay on a wheel and pulling it up to create pottery
  11. Kneading clay to remove excess water and air bubbles.
Down
  1. Dry clay before it has been fired
  2. A flat sheet of clay that pottery can be made from
  3. A substance that coats the inside of a kiln to keep glaze from sticking
  4. The quality of clay that makes it easily shaped and molded
  5. A high fire temperature to used to strengthen clay, 2345
  6. A ceramic cone that melts at a specified temperature
  7. Large oven for firing clay
  8. Clay after its been fired
  9. A ledge or ring of clay at the bottom to stabilize a pot
  10. A flat glaze that doesn't reflect light
  11. Scratching designs into a surface color to reveal another color underneath
  12. Clay that is dry enough to hold its shape
  13. A flat board that clay pots are build on so they can be moved
  14. Placing rolled coils one on top of each other to build a pot
  15. Ground stoneware particles added to wet clay to reduce shrinkage
  16. The amount a clay piece shrinks when it is fired
  17. Small scratch marks made in clay to join pieces together

28 Clues: Very fine white clay • A watery clay substance • Clay after its been fired • Large oven for firing clay • Course clay that has been fired • Dry clay before it has been fired • Course clay that has not been fired • Slip piped out of a bag for decoration • A flat glaze that doesn't reflect light • A chemical added to glazes to add color • Clay that is dry enough to hold its shape • ...

Clay Vocab Review 2024-04-08

Clay Vocab Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Used for cookies, cakes, and clay to create shapes
  2. Used to carve out clay
  3. This is something we'll be careful of as a safety precaution to protect our lungs
  4. Roughing up the surface of clay pieces before adding slip and attaching them together
  5. A mixture of earth and minerals that can be sculpted and fired
  6. Clay that is completely dry and ready for its first firing
  7. The stage of clay where it is soft and moldable
  8. A decorative, often colorful, layer of glass painted and fired onto clay
  9. This sharp needle like tool is used for cutting and scoring clay
  10. When using play-doh, this would be called a snake
  11. Used with a rolling pin to make an even slab of clay
  12. The purpose an object serves
  13. Pleasing to the eye, beautiful
  14. Liquified clay used as glue to bind pieces together
  15. This is the process of heating clay in a kiln
  16. Used with guidesticks to create flat slabs of clay
  17. Clay in this stage is partially dry and will crack when moved, but is perfect for carving!
Down
  1. Used to squeeze or press out shaped sections of clay
  2. A flat rolled out piece of clay
  3. Using stamps or rubber plates you can press these interesting patterns into your clay
  4. Working the clay with your hands to remove air bubbles, most important for recycled clay
  5. This hair accessory can be used as a tiny loop tool for carving
  6. Another name for clay and the objects made from clay
  7. Traditionally made of leather, this cloth is used for smoothing out clay
  8. Another name for a pin tool
  9. Clay that has been fired once and is vitrified
  10. Can you eat or drink clay?
  11. A bowl shape formed by hand starting with a ball of clay that is squeezed between your fingers
  12. In addition to stamps, this can be used to imprint words or letters into clay
  13. Bisqueware that has been glazed and fired
  14. This is how often you have to score & slip when attaching two pieces of clay
  15. Another name for a loop tool
  16. Bonus clue - Ms. Baldwin's favorite beverage!
  17. The appearance of an object
  18. A furnace designed to heat clay to high temperatures
  19. This type of construction is done by first shaping your whole chunk of clay, then hollowing it out

36 Clues: Used to carve out clay • Can you eat or drink clay? • Another name for a pin tool • The appearance of an object • Another name for a loop tool • The purpose an object serves • Pleasing to the eye, beautiful • A flat rolled out piece of clay • Bisqueware that has been glazed and fired • Bonus clue - Ms. Baldwin's favorite beverage! • This is the process of heating clay in a kiln • ...

Ceramics Final Review 2025-05-30

Ceramics Final Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bag, what you store clay in everyday to keep it workable
  2. laying clay on a mold to take it's shape
  3. second step in making a clay project
  4. rolling or flattening clay pieces
  5. and clean, 3rd step of forming a clay project (two parts)
  6. when cleaning you need to put away the ____ and project
  7. building technique that you cut holes in clay so light can shine through
  8. you must _____ any leftover clay and dust off your table
  9. wheel, machine you throw cay on to create pots
  10. this material decomposes in the clay barrels causing a smell.
  11. carving away and adding to clay
  12. clay that is too dry to form, but perfect to carve
  13. the best way to see if clay is bone-dry is to press it against your ________
  14. you cannot reuse clay that has been __________.
  15. clay should be no thicker that ______ of an inch
Down
  1. after you sweep, you need to _________ the table.
  2. first round of firing at a low temperature.
  3. two pinch pots must have an _____ for air to escape.
  4. we used boards covered in ________ to work on at tables.
  5. round of firing after glaze has been painted on
  6. first step in forming a clay project, AKA knead
  7. when all the moisture has left the clay and it's ready to fire
  8. fire, 1st round of firing after the clay is bone-dry
  9. after you sponge, you need to ____ off the table to avoid streaks.
  10. towels, wrap your clay in this to keep it workable
  11. clay _________ as it dries, so you cannot add plastic and bone-dry clay together.
  12. type of firing from 1700-2100 degrees
  13. clay with moisture goes into the kiln, it will _________.
  14. type of high fire clay we use.
  15. type of oven we "cook" clay in
  16. pot, simple method of clay building, thumb in a ball and pinch it into a bowl
  17. fire, type of firing from2150-2500 degrees
  18. rolling out ropes of clay to join together, like a snake
  19. fire, 2nd round of firing at a higher temperature.

34 Clues: type of high fire clay we use. • type of oven we "cook" clay in • carving away and adding to clay • rolling or flattening clay pieces • second step in making a clay project • type of firing from 1700-2100 degrees • laying clay on a mold to take it's shape • fire, type of firing from2150-2500 degrees • first round of firing at a low temperature. • ...

Colonies and Revaluation Review 2024-09-24

Colonies and Revaluation Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the event where people protested the tea act
  2. dictator
  3. give shock or makes deep impression
  4. owe money
  5. most known for poor soil
  6. not going past something or trespassing
  7. force
  8. living places
  9. confirmation bias
  10. writer assumes they know what another person thinks
  11. having someone live with you
  12. neglect respectfully ignore
Down
  1. region most known for Tabasco
  2. claims reporting without backing evidence
  3. massacre 5 people died
  4. using dramatic sensational language to influence readers/viewers
  5. ignore
  6. most known for rich soil
  7. laws
  8. cant stand something
  9. sad depression
  10. respectfully
  11. anger
  12. use subjective language or statements
  13. tea acts stamp act

25 Clues: laws • force • anger • ignore • dictator • owe money • respectfully • living places • sad depression • confirmation bias • tea acts stamp act • cant stand something • massacre 5 people died • most known for rich soil • most known for poor soil • neglect respectfully ignore • having someone live with you • region most known for Tabasco • give shock or makes deep impression • ...

Ceramic Vocabulary 2022-07-07

Ceramic Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay rolled into a snake shape.
  2. from slop to bone dry clay. Placed in a huge bin to be reused.
  3. process of kneading clay to prepare it for throwing.
  4. type of kiln used at BKLYN Clay. Power source
  5. mixture of materials to make useable/workable types of clay. Term for your physical being.
  6. glass and pigment suspended in water. Applied to bisque.
  7. forcing clay into the middle of the wheel.
  8. when water evaporates from clay and changes in size.
  9. firing process. Including wood/soda/salt.
  10. also called “Scratch and Attach”.
Down
  1. low temperature and first firing.
  2. when greenware is broken down and is reabsorbed into water.
  3. clay after it has come out of the first firing.
  4. Unfired clay with no moisture.
  5. issue caused by lack of compressing the floor of your pot.
  6. clay in the shape of a flat sheet.
  7. also called earthenware. Clay/temperature below cone 6.
  8. stiff yet moist clay. Perfect stage for joining.
  9. finished pottery.
  10. all Unfired clay. From wet clay to bone dry.
  11. when porous clay turns to stone in the firing process it becomes this term.

21 Clues: finished pottery. • Unfired clay with no moisture. • clay rolled into a snake shape. • low temperature and first firing. • also called “Scratch and Attach”. • clay in the shape of a flat sheet. • firing process. Including wood/soda/salt. • forcing clay into the middle of the wheel. • all Unfired clay. From wet clay to bone dry. • type of kiln used at BKLYN Clay. Power source • ...

Rock Cycle 2014-01-24

Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  2. Parent material is the underlying geological material in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material
  3. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  4. the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
  5. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment
  6. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.
  7. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials
  8. the binding together of particles or other things by cement; process of altering a metal by heating it in contact with a powdered solid
  9. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\
  10. rock altered by pressure and heat
  11. hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  12. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  14. an increase in the density of something
Down
  1. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  2. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
  3. is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock
  4. the action of depositing something.
  5. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
  6. the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  7. a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk.
  8. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks

22 Clues: rock altered by pressure and heat • the action of depositing something. • an increase in the density of something • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure • rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\ • hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust • ...

Rock Cycle 2014-01-24

Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  2. an increase in the density of something
  3. the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  5. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks
  6. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
  7. the action of depositing something.
  8. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  9. Parent material is the underlying geological material in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material
  10. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Down
  1. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.
  4. a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk.
  5. the binding together of particles or other things by cement; process of altering a metal by heating it in contact with a powdered solid
  6. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials
  7. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
  8. rock altered by pressure and heat
  9. the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
  10. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment
  11. hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  12. is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock

22 Clues: rock altered by pressure and heat • the action of depositing something. • an increase in the density of something • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure • rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\ • hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust • ...

Earths layers vocabulary 2022-02-07

Earths layers vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fracture between two blocks of rock
  2. fertile soil of sand and clay consisting humus
  3. the action of compressing or pushing hard or tight
  4. a path along the pacific ocean that is full of active volcanoes
  5. seismic wave that shakes the ground perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving
  6. upper layer of earths mantle
  7. a sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. of the continents
  9. a long narrow ditch
  10. the formation of new oceanic crust
  11. a seismic wave that is trapped under earths surface
  12. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  13. to cut or break something
  14. a thin layer of weathered rocks
  15. massive plate of solid rock
  16. a land between hills or mountians usually with a river
  17. the outer layer of the earth and other terrestrial planets
Down
  1. a huge sea wave caused by an earthquake
  2. earths outer core made of iron and nickle
  3. hot dense ball of mostly iron
  4. when two techtonic plates move away from each other
  5. elastic waves in the earth made by earthquakes
  6. rigid part of the earth consisting the crust and upper mantle
  7. the gradual
  8. organic soil composed by leaves
  9. earths solid interior
  10. a large land mass that is usually shaped like a pyramid
  11. locations where lithosphere are moving towards one another
  12. location where two plates slide past one another
  13. force when stretched
  14. seismic body wave that shakes earth in the same and opposite way the wave is moving
  15. shaking of the earth caused by the outermost layer
  16. an opening in the earths crust where lava comes out
  17. a super Continent that was all the continents put together
  18. fine wet nature soil

35 Clues: the gradual • of the continents • a long narrow ditch • force when stretched • fine wet nature soil • earths solid interior • to cut or break something • massive plate of solid rock • upper layer of earths mantle • hot dense ball of mostly iron • organic soil composed by leaves • a thin layer of weathered rocks • the formation of new oceanic crust • fracture between two blocks of rock • ...

Rock Cycle 2020-03-23

Rock Cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  3. the action of depositing something.
  4. rock altered by pressure and heat
  5. the binding together of particles or other things by cement; process of altering a metal by heating it in contact with a powdered solid
  6. hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  7. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials
  8. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  9. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
  10. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
  11. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\
Down
  1. the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock.
  2. a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk.
  3. an increase in the density of something
  4. solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.
  5. is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock
  6. the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  7. Parent material is the underlying geological material in which soil horizons form. Soils typically inherit a great deal of structure and minerals from their parent material
  8. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
  9. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  10. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks
  11. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment

22 Clues: rock altered by pressure and heat • the action of depositing something. • an increase in the density of something • rock formed from consolidated clay sediments • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure • rock formed by the solidification of molten magma\ • hot fluid material below or within the earth's crust • ...

Empty 2024-06-24

Empty crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Implement of sowing seeds
  2. What hay and baleage is feed from
  3. The cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for food and other products
  4. Method of planting different crops in succession on the same land
  5. Is a machine that quickly and easily separates seeds
  6. Type of farming that uses synthetic fertilizers and pestic
  7. Method of soil cultivation that minimizes soil disturbance
  8. Agricultural practice of growing crops in a water-based nutrient-rich solution
Down
  1. Large piece of machinery used for harvesting grains
  2. WHAT you use to move soil of the field
  3. Practice of rotating different crops on the same land to improve soil health
  4. Organic material added to soil to help plants grow
  5. Implement used to break up the soil
  6. The practice of growing a single crop over a large area
  7. Natural fertilizers composed of decomposed organic material

15 Clues: Implement of sowing seeds • What hay and baleage is feed from • Implement used to break up the soil • WHAT you use to move soil of the field • Organic material added to soil to help plants grow • Large piece of machinery used for harvesting grains • Is a machine that quickly and easily separates seeds • The practice of growing a single crop over a large area • ...

Ancient Egypt 2025-01-14

Ancient Egypt crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the longest river in the world and the most important feature of Egypt’s geography.
  2. form of writing in ancient Egypt
  3. rich soil left by the river when it floods
  4. king in ancient Egypt
  5. Stone special stone found in 1799 that allowed people to translate hieroglyphics
Down
  1. soil that is rich and good for growing crops
  2. a plant that could be made into a writing material that is similar to paper
  3. a very dry area of land that receives little precipitation
  4. special lever device made it easier for farmers to gather water and move it to their fields.
  5. supplying water to crops
  6. is a large, flat area shaped like a triangle. The soil is very fertile there.

11 Clues: king in ancient Egypt • supplying water to crops • form of writing in ancient Egypt • rich soil left by the river when it floods • soil that is rich and good for growing crops • a very dry area of land that receives little precipitation • a plant that could be made into a writing material that is similar to paper • ...

Weekly words 2022-03-10

Weekly words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a part of a total
  2. trying to control
  3. a talking club
  4. not conscious
  5. to change to something else
  6. to translate in writing
  7. bellow freezing
  8. to change a language into another
  9. many peolpe in one area
Down
  1. an electric railroad
  2. clear
  3. dunking something into water
  4. to add together
  5. to speak
  6. a ship under water
  7. being able to get along
  8. clay like soil
  9. to bring to a different place
  10. to bring across country

19 Clues: clear • to speak • not conscious • a talking club • clay like soil • to add together • bellow freezing • a part of a total • trying to control • a ship under water • an electric railroad • being able to get along • to translate in writing • many peolpe in one area • to bring across country • to change to something else • dunking something into water • to bring to a different place • ...

Ceramics Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-19

Ceramics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. watered down clay paste
  2. flat sheet of clay
  3. used for joining and scraping
  4. thin ropelike piece of clay
  5. kidney shaped tool to smooth clay
  6. soft, workable, able to construct
  7. room temp, ready to fire, fragile
  8. used to shave smaller pieces
Down
  1. oven used to fire clay
  2. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  3. scratching the clay for attaching
  4. used to shave larger pieces
  5. more firm, holds shape, able to carve
  6. smearing the clay together for stability
  7. cuts clay and has a wire
  8. used for smoothing the clay, one flat side
  9. thin tool used to carve
  10. knife used to cut clay, like a knife
  11. cold to touch, changing color,brittle

19 Clues: flat sheet of clay • oven used to fire clay • watered down clay paste • thin tool used to carve • cuts clay and has a wire • used to shave larger pieces • thin ropelike piece of clay • used to shave smaller pieces • used for joining and scraping • scratching the clay for attaching • kidney shaped tool to smooth clay • soft, workable, able to construct • ...

Unit 5: Geosphere Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-01

Unit 5: Geosphere Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The practice of tillage, planting, and other farming operations performed on or near the contour of the field slope
  2. The deterioration of those characteristics of soil needed for plant growth or other ecosystem services
  3. The mass of solid rock that makes up Earth's crust
  4. The removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity
  5. A chemical used to kill organisms that attack or compete with plants that humans value
  6. A mineral or grouping of minerals that is mined to extract one or more valuable metals
  7. A soil conservation method in which the type of crop grown in a field is alternated from one season or year to the next
  8. A type of mining in which a large hole (versus a shaft or tunnel) is dug to extract ore and the rock around it
  9. Soil particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter
  10. an inorganic solid that has an orderly crystalline structure and a specific chemical composition
  11. Soil particles that are 0.002 to 0.05 mm in diameter
  12. The physical and chemical processes that break down rocks and minerals into smaller particles
  13. mining A type of mining in which layers of surface soil and rock are removed from large areas to expose the resource
  14. The amount of a crop produced in a given area
  15. Mining A type of mining in which vertical shafts are dug deep into the ground and networks of horizontal tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow deposits of a resource
  16. One or more rows of trees or other tall, perennial plants planted along the edge of a field to prevent wind erosion; also called a windbreak
  17. A cross-section of all the soil horizons in a specific soil, from surface to bedrock, in a specific area
  18. Particles that are 0.05 to 2 mm in diameter
  19. The process of extracting metal from ore by heating the ore beyond its melting point
  20. The mixture of disintegrated rock, organic matter, water, gases, nutrients, and microorganisms that supports plant growth
  21. Soil that is approximately equal parts clay, silt, and sand
  22. A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted
  23. The base geological Material in a particular location
Down
  1. A distinct layer of soil
  2. A fast-growing crop that is planted in the interval between harvest and the next season's planting to prevent erosion and limit the loss of nitrogen
  3. The erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  4. The process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history
  5. A type of mining in which plants and soil are removed from the top of a mountain and then explosives are used to reach seams of coal
  6. The buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil
  7. The artificial application of water to the soil through various systems of tubes, pumps, and sprays
  8. The waste produced in processing ore
  9. Allowing animals to eat so much of the plant cover in a field or pasture that the plants cannot regrow
  10. A loss of more than 10 percent in the productivity of soil due to erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, drought, or other factors
  11. The prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination
  12. A process that causes the disintegration of rocks, mineral, and soils without chemical change
  13. Farming that does not deplete soil faster than it forms
  14. A soil conservation Method in which two or more crops are planted in one feld
  15. An area of land that is flooded with water at least sometime during the year
  16. An excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals
  17. The turning-over of soil before planting
  18. A soil conservation method in which sloped land is transformed into a series of steps to prevent soil erosion
  19. A type of mining that involves sifting through sand and gravel in a riverbed or streambed to extract metals, minerals, or precious stones
  20. A type of mining pollution that occurs when oxygen and rainwater react with newly exposed rock that contains iron sulfide, forming sulfuric acid that removes metals from rocks and leaches into groundwater or enters water bodies as runoff

43 Clues: A distinct layer of soil • The waste produced in processing ore • The turning-over of soil before planting • Particles that are 0.05 to 2 mm in diameter • The amount of a crop produced in a given area • The mass of solid rock that makes up Earth's crust • The buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil • The removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity • ...

Unit 5: Geosphere Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-01

Unit 5: Geosphere Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The practice of tillage, planting, and other farming operations performed on or near the contour of the field slope
  2. The deterioration of those characteristics of soil needed for plant growth or other ecosystem services
  3. The mass of solid rock that makes up Earth's crust
  4. The removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity
  5. A chemical used to kill organisms that attack or compete with plants that humans value
  6. A mineral or grouping of minerals that is mined to extract one or more valuable metals
  7. A soil conservation method in which the type of crop grown in a field is alternated from one season or year to the next
  8. A type of mining in which a large hole (versus a shaft or tunnel) is dug to extract ore and the rock around it
  9. Soil particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter
  10. an inorganic solid that has an orderly crystalline structure and a specific chemical composition
  11. Soil particles that are 0.002 to 0.05 mm in diameter
  12. The physical and chemical processes that break down rocks and minerals into smaller particles
  13. mining A type of mining in which layers of surface soil and rock are removed from large areas to expose the resource
  14. The amount of a crop produced in a given area
  15. Mining A type of mining in which vertical shafts are dug deep into the ground and networks of horizontal tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow deposits of a resource
  16. One or more rows of trees or other tall, perennial plants planted along the edge of a field to prevent wind erosion; also called a windbreak
  17. A cross-section of all the soil horizons in a specific soil, from surface to bedrock, in a specific area
  18. Particles that are 0.05 to 2 mm in diameter
  19. The process of extracting metal from ore by heating the ore beyond its melting point
  20. The mixture of disintegrated rock, organic matter, water, gases, nutrients, and microorganisms that supports plant growth
  21. Soil that is approximately equal parts clay, silt, and sand
  22. A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted
  23. The base geological Material in a particular location
Down
  1. A distinct layer of soil
  2. A fast-growing crop that is planted in the interval between harvest and the next season's planting to prevent erosion and limit the loss of nitrogen
  3. The erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
  4. The process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history
  5. A type of mining in which plants and soil are removed from the top of a mountain and then explosives are used to reach seams of coal
  6. The buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil
  7. The artificial application of water to the soil through various systems of tubes, pumps, and sprays
  8. The waste produced in processing ore
  9. Allowing animals to eat so much of the plant cover in a field or pasture that the plants cannot regrow
  10. A loss of more than 10 percent in the productivity of soil due to erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, drought, or other factors
  11. The prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination
  12. A process that causes the disintegration of rocks, mineral, and soils without chemical change
  13. Farming that does not deplete soil faster than it forms
  14. A soil conservation Method in which two or more crops are planted in one feld
  15. An area of land that is flooded with water at least sometime during the year
  16. An excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals
  17. The turning-over of soil before planting
  18. A soil conservation method in which sloped land is transformed into a series of steps to prevent soil erosion
  19. A type of mining that involves sifting through sand and gravel in a riverbed or streambed to extract metals, minerals, or precious stones
  20. A type of mining pollution that occurs when oxygen and rainwater react with newly exposed rock that contains iron sulfide, forming sulfuric acid that removes metals from rocks and leaches into groundwater or enters water bodies as runoff

43 Clues: A distinct layer of soil • The waste produced in processing ore • The turning-over of soil before planting • Particles that are 0.05 to 2 mm in diameter • The amount of a crop produced in a given area • The mass of solid rock that makes up Earth's crust • The buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil • The removal of soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity • ...

ceramics crossword 2023-05-15

ceramics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hard firm stiff, able to carve
  2. room temp,ready to fire, its fragile
  3. scratching the clay
  4. a tool to help model
  5. opposite of hot
  6. cutter thin piece of wire to cut the clay
  7. any pottery that hasnt been fired in the kiln without ceramic glaze
  8. tool that helps shave clay
  9. tool a tool with a pin sticking out
  10. making the clay attached
  11. tool that helps shave the clay
  12. soft workable able to sculpt
Down
  1. a clay knife
  2. a firing cycle to the temp at which the glaze materials will melt to form a glasslike surface coating
  3. it is easy to break
  4. making clay into pieces such as bowls,vases,etc.
  5. rubber tool helps with smoothing
  6. sheet of clay
  7. kneading clay to get air bubbles
  8. oven used to fire clay
  9. dry feels cold, color change ,brittle
  10. rope piece of clay
  11. watered down clay

23 Clues: a clay knife • sheet of clay • opposite of hot • watered down clay • rope piece of clay • it is easy to break • scratching the clay • a tool to help model • oven used to fire clay • making the clay attached • tool that helps shave clay • soft workable able to sculpt • hard firm stiff, able to carve • tool that helps shave the clay • rubber tool helps with smoothing • ...

Crossword Vocab Reviews 2021-09-13

Crossword Vocab Reviews crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when clay is almost completely dry, but still damp
  2. applied after pot is fired once
  3. projects made from clay
  4. pots that have been fired once
  5. prepares the clay for usage
  6. shaping round ceramics
  7. how moveable your clay is
  8. pots fired without glaze
  9. the process of building with your hands
Down
  1. how neat and appealing your project is
  2. firing after glaze has been applied
  3. to scratch clay in order to join pieces together
  4. what gives your project color
  5. furnace that fires clay
  6. unfired pottery
  7. clay that is ready to be fired
  8. a method of creating pottery
  9. manipulating the clay with your fingers
  10. rolling the clay into sheets
  11. a mixture of clay and water

20 Clues: unfired pottery • shaping round ceramics • projects made from clay • furnace that fires clay • pots fired without glaze • how moveable your clay is • prepares the clay for usage • a mixture of clay and water • a method of creating pottery • rolling the clay into sheets • what gives your project color • pots that have been fired once • clay that is ready to be fired • ...

Mesopotamia Power Words 2020-07-30

Mesopotamia Power Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area of good soil between the rivers
  2. to exchange one good for another
  3. a person who can write
  4. a person to buys or sells goods
  5. a tool used for writing on clay tablets
  6. a wanderer
  7. a wheeled vehicle used in war
  8. a long poem, or narrative
  9. a supernatural being
  10. to tame plants or animals for use
  11. an advanced society
  12. belief that the right to rule is from god
  13. government controlled by priests
Down
  1. society that favors men
  2. belief in multiple gods
  3. tall, grasslike plants
  4. a temple
  5. people who stay in one place
  6. a cereal grain
  7. an independently governed region
  8. large territories controlled by one government
  9. wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets
  10. a man-made waterway
  11. moving water, to farm, using canals or ditches
  12. rule by a king or queen

25 Clues: a temple • a wanderer • a cereal grain • a man-made waterway • an advanced society • a supernatural being • tall, grasslike plants • a person who can write • society that favors men • belief in multiple gods • rule by a king or queen • a long poem, or narrative • people who stay in one place • a wheeled vehicle used in war • a person to buys or sells goods • to exchange one good for another • ...

Art Crossword Puzzle 2023-05-16

Art Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thin rope like piece of clay
  2. rubber, wooden or metal tools used to facilitate wheel thrown pottery forms.
  3. the second stage of clay drying
  4. any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge
  5. rolled out flat piece of clay
  6. a platform for creating analysis tools.
  7. used to remove controlled amounts of clay from wheel-thrown and sculpture pieces
  8. an oven used to fire clay
  9. the act of kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  10. scratching the clay for attaching
  11. used to trim the pour-hole waste and remove mold marks from cast greenware
  12. finishing rubbers moulded from pliable rubber in three sizes and two different grades of resiliency.
Down
  1. used to smear clay together
  2. made out of flattened metal ribbons with sharpened edges.
  3. the third stage of clay drying
  4. the first stage of clay drying
  5. smoothing the clay together
  6. watered down clay
  7. second stage of firing
  8. the fifth stage of clay drying
  9. an edge tool used in cutting wire
  10. Dry the fourth stage of clay drying

22 Clues: watered down clay • second stage of firing • an oven used to fire clay • used to smear clay together • smoothing the clay together • thin rope like piece of clay • rolled out flat piece of clay • the third stage of clay drying • the first stage of clay drying • the fifth stage of clay drying • the second stage of clay drying • an edge tool used in cutting wire • ...

Farming 2024-06-07

Farming crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Natural fertilizers composed of decomposed organic material
  2. Organic material added to soil to help plants grow
  3. What hay and baleage is feed from
  4. Agricultural method that aims to maintain and improve the quality of the soil
  5. Practice of rotating different crops on the same land to improve soil health
  6. Agricultural practice of growing crops in a water-based nutrient-rich solution
  7. The cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for food and other products
  8. Method of planting different crops in succession on the same land
Down
  1. Implement of sowing seeds
  2. Implement used to break up the soil
  3. What you use to move soil of the field
  4. Type of farming that uses synthetic fertilizers and pestic
  5. Large piece of machinery used for harvesting grains
  6. The practice of growing a single crop over a large area
  7. Method of soil cultivation that minimizes soil disturbance

15 Clues: Implement of sowing seeds • What hay and baleage is feed from • Implement used to break up the soil • What you use to move soil of the field • Organic material added to soil to help plants grow • Large piece of machinery used for harvesting grains • The practice of growing a single crop over a large area • Type of farming that uses synthetic fertilizers and pestic • ...

Samya Ceramics puzzle 2020-08-22

Samya Ceramics puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay turns ceramic
  2. formed from volcanic ash
  3. percent that makes up Earth's crust
  4. highly plastic, too slippery to use alone
  5. brings down melting temp.
  6. Occurs in combination with other oxides
  7. one of four components of clay
  8. clay found where it's formed
  9. purest of primary clay
  10. combination of silica
  11. used to fire clay into pottery, giant oven
Down
  1. SiO2
  2. serves to color,decorate, or waterproof
  3. glass former
  4. percent ball clay can shrink as much as
  5. main component of clay
  6. what a chemist calls clay
  7. easily shaped and molded
  8. found away from where it is formed
  9. found below coal beds, many impurities

20 Clues: SiO2 • glass former • clay turns ceramic • combination of silica • main component of clay • purest of primary clay • formed from volcanic ash • easily shaped and molded • what a chemist calls clay • brings down melting temp. • clay found where it's formed • one of four components of clay • found away from where it is formed • percent that makes up Earth's crust • ...

Lesson 1&2 Vocabulary 2023-11-16

Lesson 1&2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The soil and rocks that form Earth' surface.
  2. Areas of low, flat land.
  3. Slow-moving ice masses.
  4. A small river that flows into a larger river.
  5. Soil good for growing crops.
  6. Features made by people.
  7. Features formed by nature.
  8. Where a place is in relation to other places on Earth.
Down
  1. Hills of sand built up by wind.
  2. A line that divides one place from another.
  3. Areas where the water is near the land's surface.
  4. An area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas.
  5. A large, bowl-shaped hole that forms when a limestone layer above an underground hole collapses.
  6. A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
  7. A mixture of clay, sand, and small stones that makes soil very fertile.
  8. All the businesses that provide one kind of product or service.
  9. The height of land above or below sea level.

17 Clues: Slow-moving ice masses. • Areas of low, flat land. • Features made by people. • Features formed by nature. • Soil good for growing crops. • Hills of sand built up by wind. • A deep, narrow valley with steep sides. • A line that divides one place from another. • The soil and rocks that form Earth' surface. • The height of land above or below sea level. • ...

voabulary Ch. 13 L.4 2013-05-09

voabulary Ch. 13 L.4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rock that makes up the earth crust
  2. a substance that provides nutrients so crops grow better
  3. a long period of no precipitation
  4. the process of restoring land to a more natural form
  5. the advanced desert-like conditions into areas that were once fertile
  6. the layer of soil below topsoil made of mostly clay and other materials
Down
  1. a situation when more soil nutrient are used than produced
  2. the very top layer of soil made for dead leaves and grass
  3. the crumbly top layer of soil
  4. the process of weathering away rock

10 Clues: the crumbly top layer of soil • a long period of no precipitation • rock that makes up the earth crust • the process of weathering away rock • the process of restoring land to a more natural form • a substance that provides nutrients so crops grow better • the very top layer of soil made for dead leaves and grass • ...

SOIL FORMATION AND POLLUTION 2021-11-30

SOIL FORMATION AND POLLUTION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soil layer that contains very little humus and plant root can reach this area
  2. The process of weathering involves carbonate minerals in rock
  3. Oxygen, water and pyrite react to form _____
  4. Formation process of soil from rock
  5. ___ is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield
  6. During mining,_____ is exposed to oxygen
Down
  1. affect reproductive pattern of aquatic organisms
  2. Aquatic animals and plants are killed by the ____
  3. Increased in soluble metal concentration and particulate metal in water
  4. This soil is a combination of sand, silt and clay

10 Clues: Formation process of soil from rock • During mining,_____ is exposed to oxygen • Oxygen, water and pyrite react to form _____ • affect reproductive pattern of aquatic organisms • Aquatic animals and plants are killed by the ____ • This soil is a combination of sand, silt and clay • The process of weathering involves carbonate minerals in rock • ...

Ecology Playlist 2022-04-06

Ecology Playlist crossword puzzle
Across
  1. range of ph scale
  2. horizon a
  3. sticky texture
  4. horizon r
  5. horizon b
Down
  1. used to find the texture of soil
  2. horizon o
  3. horizon c
  4. smooth texture
  5. rough texture

10 Clues: horizon o • horizon a • horizon c • horizon r • horizon b • rough texture • sticky texture • smooth texture • range of ph scale • used to find the texture of soil

Ceramics 2018-12-05

Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A naturally occurring aluminum silicate composed primarily of fine/grained minerals.
  2. To cook or bake in a kiln.
  3. A slab on which clay is handled, typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head.
  4. A low fire red clay body.
  5. A non-shiny finish to a glaze.
  6. A colored liquid clay that is applied to Greenware and sometimes Bisque, then coated with Clear Glaze.
  7. Typically the second firing of a ceramic clay body after it has been Bisque Fired.
  8. A shiny finish to a glaze.
  9. Indenting into the wet clay.
  10. The process of firing unglazed clay to a low temperature to harden the clay. During this firing at slow speed, all moisture and gases are taken out of the clay body. Ideal temperature to fire to is around 1940/1945 degrees.
  11. To form a shape such as a mug, vase, bowl on a banding wheel or pottery wheel.
Down
  1. Rolling out wet clay into rope like pieces. Pieces can then be stacked to form and build a piece like a cup or vase.
  2. The art of making all things made out of clay.
  3. Pots, dishes, and other articles made of fired clay. One of the first forms of art by mankind dating back to 10,000 BC.
  4. A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors which becomes vitreous when fired to maturity.
  5. When wet clay has dried somewhat but still damp enough to be joined to another piece of clay.
  6. Any unfired clay body before it is Bisque Fired and is very fragile.
  7. Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay.
  8. A liquid form of clay typically used like glue to attach two pieces of clay together.
  9. The process of creating anything in clay without the use of the pottery wheel. Most often ceramic tools are used to carve, engrave, incise the clay.
  10. To rough the surface of the wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay.
  11. A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying, especially for firing pottery.
  12. Aligning the clay on the pottery wheel.
  13. Unglazed clay body fired to a low temperature.

24 Clues: A low fire red clay body. • To cook or bake in a kiln. • A shiny finish to a glaze. • Indenting into the wet clay. • A non-shiny finish to a glaze. • Aligning the clay on the pottery wheel. • The art of making all things made out of clay. • Unglazed clay body fired to a low temperature. • Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay. • ...

Ceramic/ Sculpture Terms 2018-12-03

Ceramic/ Sculpture Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a point in motion
  2. using the wheel to make objects
  3. a very fragile state of clay
  4. process of kneading clay to get out the air bubbles
  5. soft & wet workable stage of clay
  6. process of allowing clay to go to the same stage before putting it in the kiln room.
  7. liquid suspension of clay
  8. the final shiny stage of clay
  9. a 3D shape
  10. a big health hazard within the art room
  11. stage of clay that has the consistence of a chocolate bar
  12. the way a surface feels or looks like it would feel
  13. quick sketches of a project idea
  14. a closed line
  15. what the clay sits on when we put away our clay.
  16. most important thing for glazing
Down
  1. most expressive element of art
  2. mid or high fire clay that is incredibly durable after firing.
  3. a glass former
  4. method of scratching/ adding slip/ and attaching clay together.
  5. a liquid suspension of finely ground minerals
  6. a rolled piece of clay
  7. method of pinch clay in order to make a pot
  8. decomposing igneous rock
  9. up at the end of the day; you spray and (______ ___) your art.
  10. stage of clay after the first firing
  11. tool tool used to cut through clay
  12. a flat piece of clay
  13. lightness and darkness of a color
  14. foreground/ middle ground/ and background

30 Clues: a 3D shape • a closed line • a glass former • a point in motion • a flat piece of clay • a rolled piece of clay • decomposing igneous rock • liquid suspension of clay • a very fragile state of clay • the final shiny stage of clay • most expressive element of art • using the wheel to make objects • quick sketches of a project idea • most important thing for glazing • ...

Hanson's Ceramics Vocab Crossword 2020-09-13

Hanson's Ceramics Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Please type your first name here, these boxes will appear as "incorrect" but this is how I know that you were the person who completed this puzzle :).
  2. This is the name of the knife with a round tip that you use for ceramics.
  3. Material that makes a finished clay "glassy."
  4. Using a pottery wheel is called...
  5. This tool has a serrated edge and is used for slipping and scoring (two words).
  6. The process of removing air bubbles from clay.
  7. Clay that is fired at a high temperature.
  8. Clay can only be carved at this drying stage.
  9. A plastic tool that smooths the clay.
  10. Clay is flexible at this stage of drying.
  11. Clay is still wet, but unfired at this stage of drying.
  12. What is it called when you heat up clay in a kiln?
Down
  1. Clay that has been fired twice and is finished.
  2. What it is called when you attach two pieces of clay together (three words).
  3. Clay in liquid form.
  4. The "oven" that clay is fired in.
  5. Clay that is fired at a low temperature.
  6. Small sand and rock particles in clay.
  7. Clay that has only been fired once.
  8. The final stage of clay drying.
  9. This tool is used for carving and usually has metal hoops on the end.
  10. This clay is the most fragile while working but the strongest when fired.

22 Clues: Clay in liquid form. • The final stage of clay drying. • The "oven" that clay is fired in. • Using a pottery wheel is called... • Clay that has only been fired once. • A plastic tool that smooths the clay. • Small sand and rock particles in clay. • Clay that is fired at a low temperature. • Clay that is fired at a high temperature. • Clay is flexible at this stage of drying. • ...

Chpt 19 2025-03-28

Chpt 19 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. longest river in the world
  2. compounds in fertilzer
  3. growth is rapid here
  4. underground layers of rock that hold water
  5. open-aired market
  6. Egyptian rulers/gods
  7. rich soil
  8. largest city in N Africa
  9. dry streambed
Down
  1. area formed by soil at the mouth of the river
  2. vast stretch of sand
  3. most diversified N African country
  4. Spring- protest that resulted with the death of the Libyan dictator, Ghadaffi
  5. main religion in N Africa
  6. course of a river
  7. steamed Moroccan wheat meal
  8. created the pyramids
  9. were N African nomads
  10. poor Egyptian farmer
  11. people that move from place to place in search of food

20 Clues: rich soil • dry streambed • course of a river • open-aired market • vast stretch of sand • growth is rapid here • created the pyramids • poor Egyptian farmer • Egyptian rulers/gods • were N African nomads • compounds in fertilzer • largest city in N Africa • main religion in N Africa • longest river in the world • steamed Moroccan wheat meal • most diversified N African country • ...

Plant Nutrition 2023-02-23

Plant Nutrition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Many nitrogens fixing bacteria are _____ in the roots of plants such as the legumes
  2. The form of nitrogen most readily used by plants (NO^3)
  3. A nitrogen-fixing bacterium that is a mutualistic inhabitant of the roots of many
  4. When bacteria convert N^2 to NH^3 they are conducting nitrogen ______
  5. The Venus Fly Trap is a ______ plant
  6. Nutrients required in relatively large amounts by plants (NO^3)
Down
  1. _______ bacteria convert ammonium to nitrate
  2. Smallest sized soil constituent and tends to hold water
  3. A mixture of decomposed rock, living organisms and humus
  4. Largest sized soil constituent - drains well
  5. Plant nutrients are _____ ions (AKA minerals)
  6. Nutrients that are required by plants to grow from seed to maturity are considered _____
  7. Decomposing organic matter
  8. Mistletoe is a _______ plant
  9. Medium-sized soil constituent

15 Clues: Decomposing organic matter • Mistletoe is a _______ plant • Medium-sized soil constituent • The Venus Fly Trap is a ______ plant • _______ bacteria convert ammonium to nitrate • Largest sized soil constituent - drains well • Plant nutrients are _____ ions (AKA minerals) • Smallest sized soil constituent and tends to hold water • ...

Vocab Words 2025-08-18

Vocab Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Average concentration of an element in the crust (16 letters)
  2. – Breakdown of rocks without chemical change (18 letters)
  3. – Rain, snow, or fog with a pH lower than normal (17 letters)
  4. – Topsoil layer with minerals and organic matter (8 letters)
  5. – Waste material left after ore extraction (12 letters)
  6. – Soil layer mostly of organic matter (8 letters)
  7. – Mining underground deposits (16 letters)
  8. – Removing surface layers to expose ore (11 letters)
  9. – Original rock or sediment from which soil forms (14 letters)
  10. – Mixture of minerals, organic matter, air, and water (4 letters)
  11. – Dark, nutrient-rich organic material (5 letters)
  12. – Element or alloy with luster and conductivity (5 letters)
  13. – Breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions (18 letters)
  14. – Decline in soil quality (11 letters)
  15. – Large hole dug to extract near-surface ore (13 letters)
Down
  1. – Rock containing valuable minerals or metals (3 letters)
  2. – Subsoil where minerals accumulate (8 letters)
  3. – Layer above bedrock, partially weathered (8 letters)
  4. – Movement of rock or soil by wind, water, ice, or gravity (7 letters)
  5. – Blasting the tops off mountains to access coal (18 letters)
  6. – A common form of acid precipitation (8 letters)
  7. – Known quantity of a resource that can be mined profitably (7 letters)
  8. – Extracting minerals from river sediments (12 letters)
  9. – Distinct layer of soil (7 letters)
  10. – Leached soil layer, lighter in color (8 letters)

25 Clues: – Distinct layer of soil (7 letters) • – Decline in soil quality (11 letters) • – Mining underground deposits (16 letters) • – Subsoil where minerals accumulate (8 letters) • – Soil layer mostly of organic matter (8 letters) • – A common form of acid precipitation (8 letters) • – Dark, nutrient-rich organic material (5 letters) • ...

Sof & Kev - Official Crossy 2024-02-21

Sof & Kev - Official Crossy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Our FaceTime hobby
  2. Our first year anniversary destination
  3. Mr. Lobby (NY)
  4. Lugar que nos deja con olor a comida
  5. Mr. Lobby (Miami)
  6. Hoshi & sushi go-to
  7. We owe her everything
  8. Wisest man we know
  9. Primera película que vimos juntos
  10. Donde nos hicimos official
  11. First date restaurant
  12. Lugar de nuestros clay masterpieces
Down
  1. Nickname de sof a kev / article of clothing
  2. Best podcast ever
  3. Tu tocaya que fue a la cárcel
  4. You love it, I hate it
  5. Nickname de kev a sof
  6. Tu sobrenombre de tia
  7. One of out favorite board games
  8. Nuestro primer concierto juntos
  9. Su frase celebre es "vayate"

21 Clues: Mr. Lobby (NY) • Best podcast ever • Mr. Lobby (Miami) • Our FaceTime hobby • Wisest man we know • Hoshi & sushi go-to • Nickname de kev a sof • Tu sobrenombre de tia • We owe her everything • First date restaurant • You love it, I hate it • Donde nos hicimos official • Su frase celebre es "vayate" • Tu tocaya que fue a la cárcel • One of out favorite board games • ...

Ceramics 2023-11-09

Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A state of clay that is strong enough to support itself, but still can be worked
  2. Clay that has been glazed and fired a second time in the kiln
  3. These are slender pyramids of ceramic material made in a graded series to melt and indicate when a firing is nearly completed or completed.
  4. Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing. Also called bone dry.
  5. A triangular support for clay pieces that helps prevent glaze from melting onto shelves during a firing.
  6. To make scratches or creases in pieces of clay be joined together
  7. Starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay
  8. Objects made of clay fired sufficiently high in temperature for a chemical change to take place in the clay body, usually over 1550 degrees F.
  9. A flat piece of clay used to construct pottery or artwork.
  10. A high-fire clay. Waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware.
Down
  1. A piece of clay is placed on a potter's wheel head which spins.
  2. Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, fusing the clay particles. Primitive pottery is usually fired on the ground or in pits with whatever flammable material is available.
  3. is a combination of kaolin (a pure, white, primary clay), silica, and feldspar. A unique aspect of is that it can be worked as clay, but when fired properly reaches a state similar to glass. cone 10
  4. Liquid clay slip that contains coloring oxides and chemicals used to apply color and designs to a ceramic piece.
  5. A brownish-orange earthenware clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture.
  6. Watered down clay that is used in the joining of two pieces of clay together
  7. Softest stage of clay, easy to work
  8. A rounded tube/snake like length of clay
  9. Used for firing clay which can achieve temperatures up to 2500 °f. Power by gas, wood, or electric
  10. Clay that has been fired once in the kiln. Cone 04

20 Clues: Softest stage of clay, easy to work • A rounded tube/snake like length of clay • Clay that has been fired once in the kiln. Cone 04 • A flat piece of clay used to construct pottery or artwork. • Clay that has been glazed and fired a second time in the kiln • A piece of clay is placed on a potter's wheel head which spins. • ...

Ch.4 Soil Formation 2025-09-10

Ch.4 Soil Formation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. weathering caused by reactions with water or acids eg hydrolysis
  2. breakdown of rocks in situ
  3. sedimentary rock formed from compressed sand
  4. metamorphic rock formed from shale
  5. rock type altered by heat and pressure
  6. sedimentary rock common in Ireland
  7. rock type formed from deposited particles
  8. downward movement of minerals in soil
  9. igneous rock example
  10. subsoil where leaching deposits minerals
  11. soils found in poorly drained areas
Down
  1. resting on bedrock
  2. rock type formed from cooled magma
  3. weathering caused by temperature changes eg freeze thaw
  4. fertile Irish soil with good drainage
  5. topsoil rich in organic matter
  6. acidic soils common under coniferous forests
  7. original rock or deposit from which soil develops
  8. metamorphic rock formed from limestone
  9. dark organic matter from decomposed material
  10. weathering caused by plants, animals or microbes

21 Clues: resting on bedrock • igneous rock example • breakdown of rocks in situ • topsoil rich in organic matter • rock type formed from cooled magma • metamorphic rock formed from shale • sedimentary rock common in Ireland • soils found in poorly drained areas • fertile Irish soil with good drainage • downward movement of minerals in soil • metamorphic rock formed from limestone • ...

External Forces Shaping the Earth 2013-10-15

External Forces Shaping the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Steeper slopes are eroded much easier.
  2. Sediments deposited after a river enters the ocean in a fan like landform.
  3. Weathering A process that breaks rock into smaller pieces.
  4. The changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers.
  5. A large, long-lasting mass of ice that moves because of gravity.
  6. Material The chemical composition of the original rock.
  7. A hill or ridge that is formed by the left overs sediments of a glacier.
  8. The amount of organic material in soil.
Down
  1. This process occurs when weathered material is moved by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity.
  2. Very small pieces of rock product of weathering.
  3. Physical and chemical processes that change the earths surface.
  4. Plants, small animals, and ants.
  5. This affects the type of soil there is in the area.
  6. In order to produce soil it varies.
  7. Weathering A process in which a new substance is formed from the combining of substances such as rock.
  8. Wind blown silt and clay sediment that produce very fertile soil.

16 Clues: Plants, small animals, and ants. • In order to produce soil it varies. • Steeper slopes are eroded much easier. • The amount of organic material in soil. • Very small pieces of rock product of weathering. • This affects the type of soil there is in the area. • The changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers. • ...

Weathering and Erosion 2019-02-27

Weathering and Erosion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mixture of minerals, humus, air and water.
  2. Breaking large rocks into smaller pieces.
  3. Your teacher's name.
Down
  1. Something in nature that may cause erosion.
  2. Something in nature that may cause erosion.
  3. The largest mineral in soil.
  4. When small pieces of rock are moved.
  5. A force of nature that may cause erosion.
  6. The smallest mineral in soil.

9 Clues: Your teacher's name. • The largest mineral in soil. • The smallest mineral in soil. • When small pieces of rock are moved. • Breaking large rocks into smaller pieces. • A force of nature that may cause erosion. • Something in nature that may cause erosion. • Something in nature that may cause erosion. • A mixture of minerals, humus, air and water.

Intro to Clay 2023-02-08

Intro to Clay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Marking the surface of the clay with uniform lines.
  2. Using an object to press or stamp a design into the clay.
  3. A technique in which you roll the clay into snake-like shapes.
  4. Watered down clay that can be used as a pottery glue.
  5. A technique in which you use your fingers to pinch and shape the clay.
  6. Clay that has been fired once in the kiln and can never turn back into wet clay.
  7. Clay that has completely dry and ready to be fired.
  8. Clay that is somewhat dry and easy to carve into.
Down
  1. Rubbing and polishing the surface of the clay with a smooth stone or hard wood.
  2. Carving or cutting the surface of the clay using a sharp tool.
  3. Forming a loaf shape, tearing in half, then slamming it back together.
  4. Using both hands at the same time to lift, rotate, and press the clay.
  5. Clay that can easily be molded into forms.
  6. The result of the breakdown of the earth's rock.
  7. Clay that has been fired a second time with glaze.
  8. When your clay uses water and shrinks in size.
  9. Keep your clay wrapped in plastic to maintain __________.
  10. A flat piece of clay that has been rolled out into an even thickness, and cut into the desired shape.
  11. The surface feel of the clay.

19 Clues: The surface feel of the clay. • Clay that can easily be molded into forms. • When your clay uses water and shrinks in size. • The result of the breakdown of the earth's rock. • Clay that is somewhat dry and easy to carve into. • Clay that has been fired a second time with glaze. • Marking the surface of the clay with uniform lines. • ...

Vocab Words 2025-08-15

Vocab Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Average concentration of an element in the crust (16 letters)
  2. – Decline in soil quality (11 letters)
  3. – Subsoil where minerals accumulate (8 letters)
  4. – Breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions (18 letters)
  5. – Distinct layer of soil (7 letters)
  6. – Mining underground deposits (16 letters)
  7. – Soil layer mostly of organic matter (8 letters)
  8. – Removing surface layers to expose ore (11 letters)
  9. – Leached soil layer, lighter in color (8 letters)
  10. – Mixture of minerals, organic matter, air, and water (4 letters)
  11. – Breakdown of rocks without chemical change (18 letters)
  12. – A common form of acid precipitation (8 letters)
  13. – Large hole dug to extract near-surface ore (13 letters)
  14. – Element or alloy with luster and conductivity (5 letters)
  15. – Extracting minerals from river sediments (12 letters)
  16. Topsoil layer with minerals and organic matter (8 letters)
Down
  1. – Dark, nutrient-rich organic material (5 letters)
  2. – Rain, snow, or fog with a pH lower than normal (17 letters)
  3. – Movement of rock or soil by wind, water, ice, or gravity (7 letters)
  4. – Blasting the tops off mountains to access coal (18 letters)
  5. – Waste material left after ore extraction (12 letters)
  6. – Rock containing valuable minerals or metals (3 letters)
  7. – Layer above bedrock, partially weathered (8 letters)
  8. – Known quantity of a resource that can be mined profitably (7 letters)
  9. – Original rock or sediment from which soil forms (14 letters)

25 Clues: – Distinct layer of soil (7 letters) • – Decline in soil quality (11 letters) • – Mining underground deposits (16 letters) • – Subsoil where minerals accumulate (8 letters) • – Soil layer mostly of organic matter (8 letters) • – A common form of acid precipitation (8 letters) • – Dark, nutrient-rich organic material (5 letters) • ...

Ceramics 1 Q1 2025-09-24

Ceramics 1 Q1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another word for any unfired clay
  2. a natural material that is dug from the earth
  3. Refers to the process of converting clay into a stone or glass like material (ceramic) through heat.
  4. The first firing
  5. Clay that has hardened slightly and can still be carved
  6. Clay that is completely dried and ready to be fired
  7. Making cylindrical forms on the pottery wheel.
  8. A mixture of clay and water used like glue to attach clay pieces.
  9. Roll clay with hands into long snakes
  10. Scratching the surface of the clay to prepare for attaching.
Down
  1. Clay is turned into this when it is fired.
  2. The second firing
  3. Clay that has been fired once and is ready to be glazed
  4. Incurable lung disease– irreversible scarring of the lungs caused by airborne crystalline silica
  5. Clay projects are fired in this
  6. soft workable clay and can be easily molded and formed
  7. Clay that has been painted with glaze and ready to be fired for the second time
  8. Roll clay with rolling pin into flat sheets
  9. Use fingers to poke and sculpt a single lump of clay

19 Clues: The first firing • The second firing • Clay projects are fired in this • Another word for any unfired clay • Roll clay with hands into long snakes • Clay is turned into this when it is fired. • Roll clay with rolling pin into flat sheets • a natural material that is dug from the earth • Making cylindrical forms on the pottery wheel. • ...

NM History Chapter 3 Vocabulary 2023-09-18

NM History Chapter 3 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of farming where the farmers would till deep so the soil retained moisture
  2. huts built around oval shaped frames
  3. spirits of ancestors
  4. a words that means half of either or two fairly equal parts
  5. building material made by mixing water with a soil mixture of clay and sand
  6. routinely changing where crops are grown so the soil doesn’t get depleted
  7. men control the property and the land
  8. cone shaped tents of animal skin
Down
  1. women control the property and the land
  2. an agave plant eaten by the Mescalero Apaches
  3. early Navajo homes built around 3 poles and plastered with mud
  4. a family that extended beyond the two generations of parents and their children
  5. Navajo medicine man
  6. religions that recognize many gods
  7. a group of blood relatives

15 Clues: Navajo medicine man • spirits of ancestors • a group of blood relatives • cone shaped tents of animal skin • religions that recognize many gods • huts built around oval shaped frames • men control the property and the land • women control the property and the land • an agave plant eaten by the Mescalero Apaches • a words that means half of either or two fairly equal parts • ...

319-320 2025-07-14

319-320 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. flat shelves that are cut into a hillside
  2. ___ can be conserved in many different ways
  3. ___ plowing: insead of plowing up and down the slope of the hill, farmers plow furrows across the slope
  4. ___ supports plant andanima life and can be polluted
  5. The ___ in soil are naturally removed by plants
  6. farmers may plant grasses between rows of other crops
  7. farmers can plant ___ crops on the sae land in ___ years
  8. the preservation or protection of natural resources, including soil
  9. ____ containing one or more nutrients can be added to soil to replace nutrients used up by previous crops
Down
  1. a period of severe dust storms and drought that devastated the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
  2. soil can be polluted by ___ placed in the ground
  3. ___ flows swiftly down hills and ca carry away rich topsoil
  4. is th addition of harmful materials to soil, air, or water
  5. can also pollute soil
  6. where there are ___, the wind is less likly to blow away topsoil
  7. ___ may pass laws to stop the pollution of soil
  8. a country that is well known for terracing
  9. The plants use the ___ to grow and build their body parts
  10. A mixture of bits of rock and once living parts of plants and animals

19 Clues: can also pollute soil • flat shelves that are cut into a hillside • a country that is well known for terracing • ___ can be conserved in many different ways • ___ may pass laws to stop the pollution of soil • The ___ in soil are naturally removed by plants • soil can be polluted by ___ placed in the ground • ___ supports plant andanima life and can be polluted • ...