clay rich soil crossword Crossword Puzzles

Ceramics Crossword 2021-03-16

Ceramics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tool for trimming edges
  2. The first stage of clay.
  3. Tool for removing large chunks of clay.
  4. The stage of clay before it’s been fired.
  5. ware Clay that has glaze applied and is waiting to be glaze fired.
  6. The liquid form of clay used to glue clay together.
  7. Tool for smoothing our surfaces.
  8. Rolling out clay to an even thickness - usually 1 cm - then cutting shapes, folding, bending, manipulating and joining together to form a finished object.
Down
  1. The second stage of clay best for decorating.
  2. These pots are created by using your hands to shape and ‘pinch’ the clay.
  3. Tool for making slabs.
  4. Tools for sculpting, forming, pressing, or hollowing out sculptures.
  5. The last stage of clay that is fragile.
  6. The first stage of fired (cooked) clay.
  7. Most versatile tool
  8. These pots are created by pressing coils of clay together

16 Clues: Most versatile tool • Tool for making slabs. • Tool for trimming edges • The first stage of clay. • Tool for smoothing our surfaces. • The last stage of clay that is fragile. • The first stage of fired (cooked) clay. • Tool for removing large chunks of clay. • The stage of clay before it’s been fired. • The second stage of clay best for decorating. • ...

Rocks and soils 2016-06-20

Rocks and soils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top layer of soil containing nutrients
  2. Solid rock that hasn't been weathered yet
  3. An igneous rock that creates high UK landscapes
  4. Something you can add to soil to introduce more nutrients
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  1. A type of rock formed by heat and pressure
  2. A mixture of clay and vegetation
  3. A sedimentary rock that reacts with acid

7 Clues: A mixture of clay and vegetation • A sedimentary rock that reacts with acid • Solid rock that hasn't been weathered yet • The top layer of soil containing nutrients • A type of rock formed by heat and pressure • An igneous rock that creates high UK landscapes • Something you can add to soil to introduce more nutrients

North Africa Vocabulary 2018-02-13

North Africa Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. increased variety to achieve a balance
  2. a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert
  3. the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
  4. a small, round grain used in North African and Southwest Asian cooking
  5. a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
  6. an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
  7. the peasant farmers of Egypt who rent small plots of land
  8. to change from one thing to another
  9. small particles of rich soil good for farming
  10. a chemical salt used to make fertilizer
  11. the belief in one god
  12. war a fight between opposing groups for control of a country’s government
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  1. a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food
  2. a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
  3. the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
  4. an underground layer of rock through which water flows
  5. a document setting forth the structure and powers of a government and the rights of
  6. a government
  7. a large area of sand
  8. people in a country
  9. the successor to Muhammad; a political and religious ruler of the Muslim empire
  10. a large, open-air market in North African and Southwest Asian countries

22 Clues: a government • people in a country • a large area of sand • the belief in one god • to change from one thing to another • increased variety to achieve a balance • a chemical salt used to make fertilizer • small particles of rich soil good for farming • the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt • a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times • ...

North Africa 2018-02-21

North Africa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a large area of sand
  2. war / a fight between opposing groups for control of a country’s government
  3. / an underground layer of rock through which water flows
  4. / to change from one thing to another
  5. / a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
  6. / the belief in one god
  7. / small particles of rich soil good for farming
  8. people in a country
  9. / the peasant farmers of Egypt who rent small plots of land
  10. / a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food
  11. / the successor to Muhammad; a political and religious ruler of the Muslim empire
  12. / a government
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  1. / an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
  2. / a small, round grain used in North African and Southwest Asian cooking
  3. / the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
  4. / a doucment setting forth the structure and powers of a government and the rights of
  5. / increased variety to achieve a balance
  6. / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer
  7. / a large, open-air market in North African and Southwest Asian countries
  8. / a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
  9. / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
  10. / a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert

22 Clues: / a government • people in a country • / a large area of sand • / the belief in one god • / to change from one thing to another • / increased variety to achieve a balance • / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer • / small particles of rich soil good for farming • / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt • ...

Art 1 Final Exam 2024-05-17

Art 1 Final Exam crossword puzzle
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  1. Relating to or resulting from motion
  2. How the eye travels through an artwork. Motion given to a sculpture
  3. Step 2 of attaching clay
  4. Used to create the illusion of depth. Positive or negative
  5. Perceived by the way light reflects off a surface. Hue
  6. The first firing for clay
  7. The art or practice of designing or constructing buildings
  8. Regularly repeated elements such as shape or color
  9. A vitreous substance fused on to the surface of pottery to form an impervious decorative coating
  10. Step 3 of attaching clay
  11. A method of applying glaze
  12. One-dimensional, can vary in length, width, and direction
  13. This is what happens when wet clay is fired
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  1. A method of applying glaze
  2. Describes the surface quality of an object, real or implied
  3. Three-dimensional (length, width, height)
  4. The best stage to sculpt clay
  5. The name of "pottery glue" or liquid clay
  6. Step 1 of attaching clay
  7. The best stage to carve clay
  8. A form of printmaking where the image is cut out allowing paint or ink to be transferred through to the surface below
  9. The temperature we glaze fire clay
  10. The umbrella term for all kiln fired clay art
  11. A method of applying glaze
  12. creating a focal point in an artwork. Drawing attention to a specific area
  13. Describes the lightness or darkness of a surface
  14. The driest stage of unfired clay
  15. Flat, enclosed areas, geometric and organic, length and width
  16. Step 4 of attaching clay
  17. The giant oven that pottery is fired in

30 Clues: Step 2 of attaching clay • Step 1 of attaching clay • Step 3 of attaching clay • Step 4 of attaching clay • The first firing for clay • A method of applying glaze • A method of applying glaze • A method of applying glaze • The best stage to carve clay • The best stage to sculpt clay • The driest stage of unfired clay • The temperature we glaze fire clay • ...

ceramics 2017-08-22

ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Method of kneading clay to make it homogenous; ridding the clay of all air pockets
  2. Rope like pieces of clay
  3. One of the oldest craft techniques in which objects are constructed entirely by hand
  4. Three-dimensional shape and structure of an object.
  5. Clay with a coat of glaze that has been through the 2nd firing
  6. Roughing up of the surface of clay for joining
  7. Workable clay, able to bend without breaking, strong enough to hold its shape
  8. A furnace or oven for firing pottery
  9. Forming clay on a potters wheel
  10. To bake in a kiln.Firing is a term used for “cooking” the clay
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  1. Dry clay that still has some flexibility. will crack when bent. best time to carve
  2. Clay that has been through the first firing. Still not completely waterproof.
  3. A thin coating of glass. An impervious silicate coating, which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials.
  4. Unfired clay
  5. Clay suspended in water.Can be used to join pieces of clay together, as decoration, or poured into molds
  6. Clay that has dried and is ready to fire. Very fragile!

16 Clues: Unfired clay • Rope like pieces of clay • Forming clay on a potters wheel • A furnace or oven for firing pottery • Roughing up of the surface of clay for joining • Three-dimensional shape and structure of an object. • Clay that has dried and is ready to fire. Very fragile! • Clay with a coat of glaze that has been through the 2nd firing • ...

Mesopotamia 2014-10-13

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. son of Ur-Nammu
  2. land between two rivers
  3. king of Babylon
  4. Akkadian ruler
  5. wedged form writing
  6. large Sumerian city-state
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  1. organized community
  2. Sumerian ruler
  3. daughter of Sargon
  4. worship gods
  5. professional writing
  6. ruling family
  7. Crescent- has rich soil and is curved shaped

13 Clues: worship gods • ruling family • Sumerian ruler • Akkadian ruler • son of Ur-Nammu • king of Babylon • daughter of Sargon • organized community • wedged form writing • professional writing • land between two rivers • large Sumerian city-state • Crescent- has rich soil and is curved shaped

3.1 Crossword 2015-09-04

3.1 Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A large arc of rich,fertile soil
  2. The first civilization
  3. to much of something is
Down
  1. the arrangement in which each worker specializes in a certain job
  2. a way of supplying water to an area of land
  3. A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
  4. human-made water ways

7 Clues: human-made water ways • The first civilization • to much of something is • A large arc of rich,fertile soil • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks • a way of supplying water to an area of land • the arrangement in which each worker specializes in a certain job

Happy Birthday Mark! 2021-08-18

Happy Birthday Mark! crossword puzzle
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  1. crossword helper #3
  2. crossword helper #2
  3. 49ers WR & food
  4. coach for this sport
  5. usual go-to shop
  6. Oakland corners
  7. occasional crossword helper
  8. closest go-to shop
  9. morning workout
  10. PG & spice
  11. daily drink
  12. sam & dean
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  1. Stabler
  2. birthday
  3. 49ers QB & state
  4. Benson
  5. favorite cat
  6. aka Ben
  7. comes in three
  8. aka Tracie
  9. best NYPD unit
  10. birth day
  11. crossword helper #1
  12. home

24 Clues: home • Benson • Stabler • aka Ben • birthday • birth day • aka Tracie • PG & spice • sam & dean • daily drink • favorite cat • comes in three • best NYPD unit • 49ers WR & food • Oakland corners • morning workout • 49ers QB & state • usual go-to shop • closest go-to shop • crossword helper #3 • crossword helper #2 • crossword helper #1 • coach for this sport • occasional crossword helper

σταυρολεξω τησ ναντιασ 2023-11-22

σταυρολεξω τησ ναντιασ crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Puzzle Title
  2. Fast and Easy
  3. crossword URL
  4. Crosswords
  5. one million crossword puzzles made!
  6. your crossword puzzle to PDF or Microsoft Word
  7. make your own!
  8. your crossword as an image
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  1. a Crossword Puzzle
  2. simple and free to use
  3. on tablets and phones
  4. the puzzle online
  5. Labs is a crossword puzzle maker. It's the simplest and fastest way to build, print, share and solve crossword puzzles online. And it's free to use!
  6. to SVG for full customization
  7. Planets
  8. your puzzle on your website
  9. a ready-made crossword puzzle on any subject:
  10. ads, no watermarks, and no registration required.

18 Clues: Planets • Crosswords • Puzzle Title • Fast and Easy • crossword URL • make your own! • the puzzle online • a Crossword Puzzle • on tablets and phones • simple and free to use • your crossword as an image • your puzzle on your website • to SVG for full customization • one million crossword puzzles made! • a ready-made crossword puzzle on any subject: • ...

"A Monster Calls" Crossword 2021-12-14

"A Monster Calls" Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Cause to separate and go in different directions.
  2. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
  3. The appearance conveyed by a person's face.
  4. Stunned or confused and slow to react.
  5. A performance using gestures and movements without words.
  6. Rise and move, as in waves.
  7. Old and twisted and covered in lines.
  8. In an unclear way.
  9. Severely destructive
  10. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
  11. Represent by a drawing of the outline of an object.
  12. An open recess in a wall where a fire can be built.
  13. A rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials.
  14. An address of a religious nature.
  15. In accordance with truth or fact or reality.
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  1. A close friend or associate.
  2. Exert much effort or energy.
  3. Someone who rules during the absence of the monarch.
  4. Be fatally overwhelmed.
  5. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building.
  6. Draw back, as with fear or pain
  7. Include in scope.
  8. Lacking affection or warm feeling.
  9. Evergreen tree or shrub having red cup-shaped berries.
  10. Look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval.
  11. A period of fourteen consecutive days.
  12. Greatly annoyed; out of patience.
  13. Lean but strong.
  14. Morally pure
  15. Urgently needed; absolutely necessary.
  16. Bend out of shape, as under pressure.
  17. A small sofa.
  18. Self-consciously timid

33 Clues: Morally pure • A small sofa. • Lean but strong. • Include in scope. • In an unclear way. • Severely destructive • Self-consciously timid • Be fatally overwhelmed. • Rise and move, as in waves. • A close friend or associate. • Exert much effort or energy. • Draw back, as with fear or pain • Greatly annoyed; out of patience. • An address of a religious nature. • ...

North Africa 2018-02-21

North Africa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food
  2. / an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
  3. / to change from one thing to another
  4. / a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert
  5. / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer
  6. / increased variety to achieve a balance
  7. / a doucment setting forth the structure and powers of a government and the rights of
  8. / the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
  9. / the belief in one god
  10. / the successor to Muhammad; a political and religious ruler of the Muslim empire
  11. / an underground layer of rock through which water flows
Down
  1. / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
  2. / small particles of rich soil good for farming
  3. / the peasant farmers of Egypt who rent small plots of land
  4. / a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
  5. / a large area of sand
  6. war / a fight between opposing groups for control of a country’s government
  7. / a large, open-air market in North African and Southwest Asian countries
  8. / a small, round grain used in North African and Southwest Asian cooking
  9. / a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
  10. / a government
  11. people in a country

22 Clues: / a government • people in a country • / a large area of sand • / the belief in one god • / to change from one thing to another • / increased variety to achieve a balance • / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer • / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt • / small particles of rich soil good for farming • ...

North Africa 2018-02-21

North Africa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a person who lives by moving from place to place in search of food
  2. / the successor to Muhammad; a political and religious ruler of the Muslim empire
  3. / an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river
  4. / a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert
  5. / the belief in one god
  6. / a large area of sand
  7. / a doucment setting forth the structure and powers of a government and the rights of
  8. / the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
  9. / an underground layer of rock through which water flows
  10. / a small, round grain used in North African and Southwest Asian cooking
  11. / a government
Down
  1. / a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
  2. people in a country
  3. / a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
  4. / the peasant farmers of Egypt who rent small plots of land
  5. / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer
  6. war / a fight between opposing groups for control of a country’s government
  7. / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
  8. / a large, open-air market in North African and Southwest Asian countries
  9. / increased variety to achieve a balance
  10. / small particles of rich soil good for farming
  11. / to change from one thing to another

22 Clues: / a government • people in a country • / a large area of sand • / the belief in one god • / to change from one thing to another • / increased variety to achieve a balance • / a chemical salt used to make fertilizer • / the name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt • / small particles of rich soil good for farming • ...

TRASH OR TREASURE 2013-11-21

TRASH OR TREASURE crossword puzzle
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  1. NUTRIENT-RICK ORGANIC MATTER FOR IMPROVING SOIL
  2. GROW
  3. SOLID WASTE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE BODY
  4. CLASSIFIED, LISTED, RECORDED
  5. TO BREAK DOWN SUBSTANCES SUCH AS DEAD ORGANISMS
  6. NATURE'S PROCESS OF RECYCLING ORGANIC MATERIALS INTO RICH SOIL
  7. THE CAPACITY TO ENDURE
  8. STAY, REST
  9. HAVING TO DO WITH LIVING THINGS;PRODUCED BY NATURAL PROCESSES;WITHOUT THE USE OF CHEMICALS
  10. TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER OR THINK OVER
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  1. KNITTED OR WOVEN CLOTH MADE FROM NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC FIBERS
  2. SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT, FOOD
  3. HAVING TO DO WITH LIFE FORMS THAT ARE SO SMALL THEY ARE INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE
  4. OPPOSITE
  5. TO PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED OR DESIRED TO A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE
  6. COMPOSTING WITH WORMS
  7. SOLID WASTE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE BODY
  8. SEGMENT, PIE=SHAPED
  9. TYPE,SORT
  10. SAME
  11. TO RECOVER OR REGAIN SOMETHING

21 Clues: GROW • SAME • OPPOSITE • TYPE,SORT • STAY, REST • SEGMENT, PIE=SHAPED • COMPOSTING WITH WORMS • THE CAPACITY TO ENDURE • SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT, FOOD • CLASSIFIED, LISTED, RECORDED • TO RECOVER OR REGAIN SOMETHING • TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER OR THINK OVER • SOLID WASTE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE BODY • SOLID WASTE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE BODY • NUTRIENT-RICK ORGANIC MATTER FOR IMPROVING SOIL • ...

Chapter 19 2025-03-28

Chapter 19 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dry stream bed
  2. largest city in North Africa
  3. Rich Soil
  4. Poor Egyptian farmers
  5. This is a main religion in the area
  6. Egyptian son of sun gods
  7. This is rapidly rising in Egypt
  8. course a river takes
  9. steamed wheat meal
  10. People that move from place to place in search of food
  11. This country got control of the Suez canal
  12. open-aired market
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  1. underground layers of rock with water
  2. people have settled along this river for thousands of years
  3. The smallest country in North Africa
  4. area formed by soil at the mouth of a river
  5. These were people that were skilled at math and engineering
  6. The most diversified country in North Africa
  7. compounds in fertilizer
  8. vast stretch of sand

20 Clues: Rich Soil • dry stream bed • open-aired market • steamed wheat meal • course a river takes • vast stretch of sand • Poor Egyptian farmers • compounds in fertilizer • Egyptian son of sun gods • largest city in North Africa • This is rapidly rising in Egypt • This is a main religion in the area • The smallest country in North Africa • underground layers of rock with water • ...

Roxie's fun puzzle 2022-04-20

Roxie's fun puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Islamic church
  2. difference between groups off of religion
  3. Sumerian writing system
  4. underground canals
  5. oil petroleum exporting countries
  6. person messenger of God
  7. any grains
  8. domestic Product value of goods
  9. Mountains stretches from northwest Africa
  10. streamed that is dry
  11. largest peninsula in world
  12. business that provides service
  13. Persian language
  14. the raising of livestock
  15. triangular section of land
  16. water is boiled
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  1. Crescent cradle of civilization
  2. temple of mud
  3. chemical product
  4. soil deposit rich soil made of sand
  5. monotheistic religion
  6. Mediterranean sea in western Asia
  7. water in middle of desert
  8. member of nomadic desert people
  9. life and teaching if Jesus Christ
  10. worships Allah
  11. removal of salt from sea
  12. underground water-bearing layers
  13. related to earthquakes

29 Clues: any grains • temple of mud • Islamic church • worships Allah • water is boiled • chemical product • Persian language • underground canals • streamed that is dry • monotheistic religion • related to earthquakes • Sumerian writing system • person messenger of God • removal of salt from sea • the raising of livestock • water in middle of desert • largest peninsula in world • triangular section of land • ...

Round 1 2024-06-12

Round 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mark emailed us on Friday that it was _____ day!
  2. The word "success" but as a negative adjective
  3. Youngest student (Mark shortened her name)
  4. A terrifying dream
  5. Main ingredient in Guac. Rich in Omega-3s
  6. French student
  7. A successful film
  8. Colombian student
  9. A musical Korean student
  10. Abbreviation of "Too long; didn't read"
  11. Didn't types of music, movies, shows
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  1. the name of the game you're playing right now
  2. Avoid bread rice and pasta
  3. Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc.
  4. Someone famous
  5. Abbreviation of "New York Stock Exchange"
  6. B12, C, D, E
  7. Main ingredient in frying
  8. A musician that uses a turntable

19 Clues: B12, C, D, E • Someone famous • French student • A successful film • Colombian student • A terrifying dream • A musical Korean student • Main ingredient in frying • Avoid bread rice and pasta • A musician that uses a turntable • Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc. • Didn't types of music, movies, shows • Abbreviation of "Too long; didn't read" • Main ingredient in Guac. Rich in Omega-3s • ...

Lesson 4.1 Vocab 2024-04-14

Lesson 4.1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers or superficial geological deposits, such as glacial drift.
  2. An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope.
  3. Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
  4. The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is formed.
  5. Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals usually containing less than 20 percent organic matter.
  6. The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed from any part of the earth’s surface.
  7. A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with a diameter less than 2 microns.
  8. Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
  9. Slope of the land and the position on the landscape, such as the top of a hill, a hillside, or the foot of a slope.
  10. The artificial application of water to soil to increase plant production.
  11. Process of removing soil from the surface.
  12. Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
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  1. Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
  2. The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
  3. The long-term average weather conditions.
  4. Mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature.
  5. The extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil peds or clods. These pores hold water and air for absorption by plant roots.
  6. To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
  7. A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt, ranging in size from 0.5-2.0mm in diameter.
  8. Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.002-0.5mm.
  9. Decrease in the volume of sediments due to compressive stress, usually resulting from continued deposition above them.
  10. An elongated, erosional depression usually occupied by a stream with a downward slope conforming to the direction of flow of the occupying stream and includes both bottomland and slopes.
  11. Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
  12. The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
  13. The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants. It has been (and is being) formed by the active factors of climate and biosphere exerting their influence on passive parent material and topography over neutral time.
  14. Any living individual, whether plant or animal.
  15. Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants, which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and often nitrogen and sulfur.
  16. Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration of rocks at or close to the earth’s surface.
  17. To gather or collect.

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

4.1 Vocab 2024-05-03

4.1 Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers or superficial geological deposits, such as glacial drift.
  2. An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope.
  3. Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
  4. The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is formed.
  5. Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals usually containing less than 20 percent organic matter.
  6. The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed from any part of the earth’s surface.
  7. A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with a diameter less than 2 microns.
  8. Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
  9. Slope of the land and the position on the landscape, such as the top of a hill, a hillside, or the foot of a slope.
  10. The artificial application of water to soil to increase plant production.
  11. Process of removing soil from the surface.
  12. Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
Down
  1. Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
  2. The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
  3. The long-term average weather conditions.
  4. Mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature.
  5. The extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil peds or clods. These pores hold water and air for absorption by plant roots.
  6. To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
  7. A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt, ranging in size from 0.5-2.0mm in diameter.
  8. Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.002-0.5mm.
  9. Decrease in the volume of sediments due to compressive stress, usually resulting from continued deposition above them.
  10. An elongated, erosional depression usually occupied by a stream with a downward slope conforming to the direction of flow of the occupying stream and includes both bottomland and slopes.
  11. Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
  12. The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
  13. The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants. It has been (and is being) formed by the active factors of climate and biosphere exerting their influence on passive parent material and topography over neutral time.
  14. Any living individual, whether plant or animal.
  15. Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants, which contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and often nitrogen and sulfur.
  16. Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration of rocks at or close to the earth’s surface.
  17. To gather or collect.

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

Astronomy Chapter 3 Moon Review - 1 2014-01-14

Astronomy Chapter 3 Moon Review - 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The term that means "to increase in intensity".
  2. Type of lunar month that lasts 29.5 days.
  3. These result in higher than normal high tides and lower than normal low tides. (2 words)
  4. The term that means "to decrease in intensity".
  5. Moon phase represented by number 6 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  6. Moon phase represented by number 1 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  7. Moon phase represented by number 2 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  8. Partially shadowed portion of an eclipse.
  9. Letter "E" on the Crossword Quiz Diagram would be a(n) ___________ solar eclipse.
Down
  1. These result in high tides being lower than normal and low tides being higher than normal. (2 words)
  2. Letter "C" on the Crossword Quiz Diagram would be a(n) ___________ solar eclipse.
  3. This describes the moon going from a moon phase back to the same moon phase. (2 words)
  4. Moon phase represented by number 5 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  5. Moon phase represented by number 8 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  6. Type of lunar month that lasts 27.3 days.
  7. Moon phase represented by number 4 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  8. Moon phase represented by number 3 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. (2 words)
  9. Letter "D" on the Crossword Quiz Diagram would be a(n) ___________ solar eclipse.
  10. This describes one complete revolution of the moon around the Earth. (2 words)
  11. Totally shadowed (darkest) portion of an eclipse.
  12. Moon phase represented by number 7 on the Crossword Quiz Diagram sheet. Also called a last quarter.(2 words)

21 Clues: Type of lunar month that lasts 29.5 days. • Type of lunar month that lasts 27.3 days. • Partially shadowed portion of an eclipse. • The term that means "to increase in intensity". • The term that means "to decrease in intensity". • Totally shadowed (darkest) portion of an eclipse. • This describes one complete revolution of the moon around the Earth. (2 words) • ...

OR, MI and SA Wine Regions 2023-10-23

OR, MI and SA Wine Regions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Red, iron rich soil
  2. Key fruit, not grapes, from Michigan
  3. Saving grace from Phylloxera
  4. The year a wine was harvested and made
  5. Most Northern AVA of Michigan
  6. Key soil characteristic of Michigan
  7. Largest AVA of Oregon
  8. Most planted white grape of South Africa
  9. Most important grape of Oregon
  10. Art of barrel making
  11. Biggest carbon footprint of wine production
Down
  1. Wine making process involving manure in horns
  2. Wine of Origin (WO) for Cabernet or Bordeaux blends
  3. "blank" Hills AVA in Oregon
  4. AVA in Southern Oregon
  5. White grape of Oregon
  6. Major city in South African wine country
  7. Location of highest alcohol consumption
  8. Red wine color comes from this
  9. Peninsula of Michigan
  10. Main AVA of Michigan
  11. Special grape of South Africa

22 Clues: Red, iron rich soil • Main AVA of Michigan • Art of barrel making • White grape of Oregon • Largest AVA of Oregon • Peninsula of Michigan • AVA in Southern Oregon • "blank" Hills AVA in Oregon • Saving grace from Phylloxera • Most Northern AVA of Michigan • Special grape of South Africa • Red wine color comes from this • Most important grape of Oregon • ...

Eco 2025-06-26

Eco crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Relating to the whole Earth
  2. – Cutting down large areas of forests
  3. – To process used materials into new products
  4. – Community of living things and their environment
  5. – Harmful substances in air, water, or soil
  6. – Natural home of an animal or plant
  7. – Needed to power homes, cars, and devices
  8. – Use less to minimize waste
  9. – Energy from the sun
  10. – Variety of life in an ecosystem
  11. – Energy from sources like sun or wind
Down
  1. – Common pollutant and packaging material
  2. – Gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
  3. – A gas that protects Earth from UV rays
  4. – Organic waste turned into nutrient-rich soil
  5. – Long-term weather patterns
  6. – Grown without synthetic chemicals
  7. – Using resources without depleting them
  8. – To protect natural resources
  9. – Element involved in greenhouse gases

20 Clues: – Energy from the sun • – Long-term weather patterns • – Use less to minimize waste • – Relating to the whole Earth • – To protect natural resources • – Variety of life in an ecosystem • – Grown without synthetic chemicals • – Natural home of an animal or plant • – Cutting down large areas of forests • – Element involved in greenhouse gases • ...

Cultural Geography Chapter 11 Review 2026-01-12

Cultural Geography Chapter 11 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of soil beneath the surface that remains frozen throughout the year
  2. sparsely populated and has few large population centers
  3. longest river in Europe
  4. Russian legislature
  5. Russia's 21 self-governing areas
  6. rich black soil in Russia
  7. means openness
  8. created the USSR
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  1. territories that are governed by Moscow
  2. lake formed from tectonic plate separation
  3. increased the power of the president
  4. world's longest continuous forest
  5. title that refers to the rulers of the Russian Revolution of 1917
  6. responsible for reforms that led eventually to the fall of the Soviet Empire
  7. a high mountain located in Russia
  8. another name for Russia and its satellite states
  9. large region or administrative district similar to a state or province
  10. dominant religion in Russia
  11. formed the CIS
  12. means restructuring

20 Clues: formed the CIS • means openness • created the USSR • Russian legislature • means restructuring • longest river in Europe • rich black soil in Russia • dominant religion in Russia • Russia's 21 self-governing areas • world's longest continuous forest • a high mountain located in Russia • increased the power of the president • territories that are governed by Moscow • ...

Creative Sculpture & Ceramics - Exam Review 2024-02-28

Creative Sculpture & Ceramics - Exam Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A glass layer used to decorate your clay. Changes color in the kiln.
  2. Raises your clay up in a kiln to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the kiln.
  3. The tool with a half circle used for smoothing the surface of your clay.
  4. A type of clay that is used in architecture, pottery and sculpture. Brownish red. High porosity.
  5. The tool with a metal oval shape used for smoothing your surface of your clay.
  6. The 2nd firing after glaze has been added.
  7. The 1st Firing that makes your clay ready for glaze
  8. A type of large oven used for making clay objects hard after they have been shaped
  9. Clay that is capable of being molded or formed (soft, malleable)
  10. Clay is constructed but unfired.
  11. Glaze has this finish.
  12. A small square used to show the difference between a glaze color before and after the kiln.
  13. A type of movement in a sculpture that is stationary, looks fixed, doesn’t appear to be moving.
  14. Clay has a water moisture content at or near 0%.
  15. The type of shape that you make up the name - blob, squished circle, etc.
  16. Used to check your clay for air bubbles.
  17. Occupies space.
  18. A coil placed along attached slabs to make them stronger.
  19. How the pieces of your sculpture/ceramic piece are arranged.
  20. The number of days clay needs to dry out to get from the leatherhard stage to the greenware stage.
  21. The act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.
  22. Used to create the look and feel of action and to guide the viewer’s eyes throughout the work of art.
  23. the type of wedging characterized by spirals on the upper right and left hand corners that resemble horns.
  24. Any flat surface in 3-dimensional art. A planar sculpture uses these.
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  1. A sculpture that projects from a base.
  2. The type of shape that has a name - circle, triangle, rectangle, etc.
  3. A way of combining elements to stress the differences between the two (for example, straight vs. curved.
  4. The original slab that you rolled when you started your clay project.
  5. A type of movement in a sculpture that is energetic, looks capable of change or action.
  6. What the eye is drawn towards first on a work of art.
  7. Smoothing the surface of your clay to get rid of textures
  8. The guideline that states that compositions are more interesting if the focal point is on this intersection.
  9. Where the viewer's eyes go throughout the sculpture.
  10. Makes sure your clay is the same thickness all the way through.
  11. The area around and in between areas of occupied space.
  12. Where your balsa wood meets - think about it like a highway, where they cross.
  13. The overall process we’ll use to create your first project.
  14. The overall neatness.
  15. Clay that has been fired in the first firing.
  16. Kneading your clay to get all of your air bubbles out. Prevents your clay from blowing up in the kiln.
  17. Scratching hatch marks (x’s) into a piece of clay to help attach pieces together.
  18. Acrylic paint has this finish.
  19. What clay turns into after the first glaze firing.
  20. A mixture of clay and water that is put onto the clay after scoring and before attaching.

44 Clues: Occupies space. • The overall neatness. • Glaze has this finish. • Acrylic paint has this finish. • Clay is constructed but unfired. • A sculpture that projects from a base. • Used to check your clay for air bubbles. • The 2nd firing after glaze has been added. • Clay that has been fired in the first firing. • Clay has a water moisture content at or near 0%. • ...

The Great Wall of China 2024-10-17

The Great Wall of China crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mixture of soil, clay, and rocks packed together as building material
  2. learned behavior of people, including their languages, belief systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods
  3. 1000 years
Down
  1. series of rulers from one family or group
  2. having to do with a way of life lacking permanent settlement
  3. photo photograph taken from Earth orbit, above the atmosphere
  4. ruler of an empire
  5. made of clay

8 Clues: 1000 years • made of clay • ruler of an empire • series of rulers from one family or group • having to do with a way of life lacking permanent settlement • photo photograph taken from Earth orbit, above the atmosphere • mixture of soil, clay, and rocks packed together as building material • ...

Clay Vocabulary 2024-11-15

Clay Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scratching the surface of clay to help pieces stick together.
  2. A special oven used to fire and harden clay.
  3. The flexibility of clay that allows it to be shaped and molded.
  4. A tool used to cut shapes out of clay.
  5. A technique to remove air bubbles and prepare clay for use.
  6. A tool used to smooth and moisten clay.
  7. Clay that has dried but has not been fired yet.
Down
  1. A sharp tool used for detail work or cutting in clay.
  2. A natural material used to create pottery, sculptures, and other art pieces.
  3. The process of heating clay in a kiln to harden it.
  4. A mixture of clay and water used to join pieces of clay together.
  5. The way a surface feels, like smooth or rough, in clay artwork.
  6. Clay that has been fired once but not yet glazed.
  7. A tool used to flatten clay evenly.
  8. A coating applied to clay to give it color, shine, and a smooth surface after firing.

15 Clues: A tool used to flatten clay evenly. • A tool used to cut shapes out of clay. • A tool used to smooth and moisten clay. • A special oven used to fire and harden clay. • Clay that has dried but has not been fired yet. • Clay that has been fired once but not yet glazed. • The process of heating clay in a kiln to harden it. • ...

Thanks 2025 2025-11-07

Thanks 2025 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plant the flower in ____.
  2. ____ is a tree's skin.
  3. ________ be quiet!
  4. I made a vase out of ____.
  5. I drive a big _____ to carry things.
  6. Teacher's are always ____.
  7. Let's go _______ in the woods.
Down
  1. Please ____ clean.
  2. It's a long ________ to go to Mars.
  3. Do you live in Takarazuka ____?
  4. We cooked yakiniku over ________.
  5. I will ____ the best speech for the prize.

12 Clues: Please ____ clean. • ________ be quiet! • ____ is a tree's skin. • Plant the flower in ____. • I made a vase out of ____. • Teacher's are always ____. • Let's go _______ in the woods. • Do you live in Takarazuka ____? • We cooked yakiniku over ________. • It's a long ________ to go to Mars. • I drive a big _____ to carry things. • I will ____ the best speech for the prize.

Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword 2024-06-13

Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The earliest form of writing used in Mesopotamia in which wedge shaped characters are impressed onto clay tablets.
  2. A monotheistic religion which started in Persia and was monotheistic with belief in 1 god, similar to Judaism.
  3. An ancient Mesopotamian religious temple with a pyramid structure which proves the Sumerians had a belief system.
  4. A worker who creates items by hand through crafting
  5. The event in which Jewish people were forced to leave their homeland to survive and practice their religion spreading the Jewish faith to new places.
  6. A fine sand, clay, or other material which is left behind by floods making the soil more fertile for growing crops.
  7. The study of analyzing objects from the past which hold historical value
  8. A person whose job consists of writing down important information or records for a society.
  9. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  10. A place where people have created a permanent community.
  11. Religions that believe in worshipping one single god.
  12. Mesoamerican farming practice in which Carved level steps into the sides of mountains for planting.
  13. A Persian King who allowed the peoples he conquered to keep their own religion.
  14. The science of processing raw ore to create metals that can be used to make tools or weapons.
Down
  1. The ranking of social groups into job and wealth status in society.
  2. Harsh laws inscribed in stone by a Babylonian King which state the punishment must fit the crime and started the use of laws today.
  3. The bringing of water to crops by human invention using channels or simple machines.
  4. A plant grown as food such as grain, vegetables or fruits.
  5. Olmec and other civilizations without rivers must have relied on this to water their crops.
  6. Religions that believe in worshipping multiple gods.
  7. A period that followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age, when certain weapons and tools came to be made of bronze rather than stone.
  8. A river that provided fertile land in Mesopotamia that is aprox. 1,150 miles long.
  9. A river that provided fertile land in Mesopotamia, it is 1,740 miles long.
  10. An area of fertile land near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the middle east, where civilization first began.
  11. The earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq).
  12. Land or soil that is healthy and nutrient rich enough to support a large growth of many crops.
  13. A tool invented to loosen soil quickly which allowed farmers to easily grow a surplus of food.
  14. A government system with a single ruling king or royal family in charge.
  15. The first leader of the Jewish people and is also an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

29 Clues: A worker who creates items by hand through crafting • Religions that believe in worshipping multiple gods. • Religions that believe in worshipping one single god. • A place where people have created a permanent community. • A plant grown as food such as grain, vegetables or fruits. • The ranking of social groups into job and wealth status in society. • ...

Midwest 2022-03-02

Midwest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Minnestoa & Iowa known for
  2. Deep soil has many
  3. the planting of different crops in different years
  4. is know for dairy
  5. capable of growing crops
Down
  1. Farmers need sunshine, water, rich soil, level
  2. is a critical part of the nation’s economy
  3. is known for limestone
  4. Michigan is known for its
  5. raises chickens for meat & eggs
  6. In the Great Plains water comes from rivers and underground

11 Clues: is know for dairy • Deep soil has many • is known for limestone • capable of growing crops • Michigan is known for its • Minnestoa & Iowa known for • raises chickens for meat & eggs • is a critical part of the nation’s economy • Farmers need sunshine, water, rich soil, level • the planting of different crops in different years • ...

Photosynthesis 2024-08-23

Photosynthesis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Contamination of soil, water, and air from synthetic chemicals.
  2. The ability to maintain garden productivity over the long term.
  3. The variety of different types of life in an ecosystem.
  4. Gardening practice that avoids synthetic chemicals.
  5. A biological community of interacting organisms and their environment.
Down
  1. The quality of the soil that supports plant growth.
  2. The ability of a garden to recover from environmental stresses.
  3. The upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
  4. The process of creating nutrient-rich soil amendments from organic matter.
  5. Insects or animals that help with plant reproduction.

10 Clues: The upper layer of earth in which plants grow. • The quality of the soil that supports plant growth. • Gardening practice that avoids synthetic chemicals. • Insects or animals that help with plant reproduction. • The variety of different types of life in an ecosystem. • The ability of a garden to recover from environmental stresses. • ...

PlantAgriculture 2024-04-17

PlantAgriculture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the long-term absence from the diet of one or more essential nutrients
  2. method of growing plants using nutrient-enriched water, but no soil. Takes place indoors, so pesticides are not needed.
  3. accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
  4. Horizon containing: Subsoil. Tiny rock particles that leach down from the topsoil.
  5. alternates row and cover crops, creating sheltering "strips" that keep eroded soil within the farm.
  6. Rich, fertile soil that is made up of about equal parts of clay, sand, and silt.
  7. malnourishment disorder: Insufficient iodine. Thyroid gland enlarges
  8. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  9. the coarsest (largest) soil, with particles 0.05-2.0 mm in diameter. Has many large spaces, allowing rapid water percolation.
  10. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.
  11. often have roots that are matted together and that spread deep underground
  12. Water is allowed to flow over the surface. 60% efficiency due to evaporation High risk of salinization as dissolved minerals accumulate. Least expensive to implement.
  13. Genetically modified organism made when DNA is removed from one organism and placed within the DNA of what can be a very different organism.
  14. the intermediate size particles in soil, with particles 0.002-0.05mm in diameter.
  15. Changes the type of plant grown each year.
  16. To cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
  17. Crop that are ones that meet the majority of human caloric demand.
  18. Partially decomposed plant and animal matter.
  19. Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.
  20. loosens and mixes soil, increasing water percolation and mixing O-horizon humus into the topsoil.
  21. malnourishment disorder: Insufficient iron or vitamin B12. Not enough red blood cells, decreasing oxygen transport
  22. Plante taxonomic group: multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic
  23. Bad for farming; heavy leaching of nutrients and soil drying due to rapid percolation rate
  24. Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms
  25. a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility. primarily nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), and potassium (K)
  26. The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.
  27. Foods grown without the use of GMOs, synthetic fertilizers, or pesticides.
  28. Bad for farming: becomes waterlogged due to slow percolation rate
  29. the addition of water from an external source.
  30. Horizon containing: Topsoil. Organic matter mixed with weathered rock particles.
  31. Ideal for farming. Moderate water retention and percolation rate
  32. The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation
  33. the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
  34. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  35. The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
  36. the impact of falling raindrops breaking up the clumpy structure of the topsoil.
  37. Fertilizers are derived from manure, food waste, and crop residues'=.
  38. green revolution from 1967-now; expanded to developing countries
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  1. when a diet does not meet an individual's basic energy (calorie) requirement.
  2. a consolidated mixture of particles containing minerals such as iron, potassium, sulfur, and phosphates.
  3. If the runoff is allowed to concentrate and gain velocity or energy, it will cut rills and gullies as it detaches more soil particles
  4. a layer of soil that has identifiable characteristics produced by chemical weathering and other soil-forming processes
  5. Plowing that follows the natural elevation curves of the land.Reduces the speed of water, preventing rill and gully erosion.
  6. combination of techniques used to minimize synthetic pesticide use. Cultural --> Mechanical --> Biological --> Chemical
  7. Event was held on April 22, 1889, where settlers can get free land in the Oklahoma territory.
  8. Fertilizers synthetically made with the precise combination of nutrients the farmer needs.
  9. Physical breakdown of rock by wind, water, cold, and heat.
  10. Rows of large trees or bushes planted between fields to help block the wind and prevent soil erosion
  11. Underground tubes deliver water directly to roots. 90% efficient Lowest risk of salinization Most expensive.
  12. Peeling off thin layers of soil from the land surface; accomplished primarily by wind and water
  13. Planting seeds without turning and mixing up soil. Unplowed soil is not as loose and resists wind and water erosion.
  14. Nutrients needed in smaller amounts in the diet. An absence of one or more is called malnourishment
  15. Macronutrient found in plant and animal foods. Most calorie-dense
  16. Macronutrient found more in plant-based foods Primary energy source for most people
  17. Chemicals that kill or control insects, weeds, fungi, or other organisms that damage crops.
  18. % of water that reaches the plant roots.
  19. Horizon containing: Humus. Non-decomposed plant matter.
  20. Automated sprinklers rotating around a tower deliver water. 80% efficiency Moderate-low risk of salinization. Moderately expensive.
  21. Agricultural crops such as legumes that completely blanket the soil, sheltering it.
  22. Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
  23. classify soil based on the relative amounts of each particle.
  24. Cutting flat, stair-like areas into hillsides, preventing rill and gully erosion.
  25. Molecular nature of rock is changed due to reactions with water, oxygen, etc.
  26. farming strategy in which large fields are planted with a single crop, year after year
  27. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
  28. A chemical substance that an organism must obtain in relatively large amounts (Carb, Lipids, and Proteins)
  29. Horizon containing: Bedrock. Unweathered, solid rock.
  30. malnourishment disorder: Insufficient protein intake Disrupts normal fluid transportation in the body
  31. Agricultural crops, such as corn and soybeans, that are grown in rows. They must be spaced out, creating areas highly exposed to wind and splash erosion.
  32. Horizon containing: Parent material. Rock that has undergone little weathering because it is so deep underground.
  33. the finest (smallest) size particles in soil, with particles <0.002 mm in diameter. Few spaces; water does not percolate easily
  34. Macronutrient found more in animal-based foods Needed to build body structures

72 Clues: % of water that reaches the plant roots. • Changes the type of plant grown each year. • Partially decomposed plant and animal matter. • the addition of water from an external source. • Horizon containing: Bedrock. Unweathered, solid rock. • Horizon containing: Humus. Non-decomposed plant matter. • Physical breakdown of rock by wind, water, cold, and heat. • ...

Clay Vocabulary 2025-01-13

Clay Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used to carve into leather hard clay
  2. building: a hand building technique using rolling pins to roll out sheets of clay. These can be cut to form patterns and assemble into forms.
  3. a sloped cut on the edge of clay to be joined.
  4. a surface to work ontop of with clay
  5. Pottery that has not been fired.
  6. a stage when clay is workable, pliable clay.
  7. Clay has been fired once in a kiln
  8. used to cut pieces of clay
  9. used to roll clay into a flat slab
  10. In ceramics, a thin, glossy coating fired into pottery or vases.
Down
  1. condition of raw clay where it has lost most of its moisture, but it is still able to be joined or carved.
  2. Art of making objects out of clay to produce pottery and sculpture.
  3. Stiff, sticky kind of earth that is used in ceramics. It is wet, and it hardens after drying or heating.
  4. a small container used for drinking, it has a lid so that it can be taken away.
  5. used to smooth the surface of the clay.
  6. watered down clay (becomes soft and slippery).
  7. a furnace or oven made of ceramic used to fire or “heat” ceramic objects. A kiln may be electric, gas, or wood-burning and reach temperatures in excess of 2,500 degrees.

17 Clues: used to cut pieces of clay • Pottery that has not been fired. • Clay has been fired once in a kiln • used to roll clay into a flat slab • used to carve into leather hard clay • a surface to work ontop of with clay • used to smooth the surface of the clay. • a stage when clay is workable, pliable clay. • a sloped cut on the edge of clay to be joined. • ...

Unit C Crossword - Reign D 2016-02-09

Unit C Crossword - Reign D crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An object that produces light
  2. The change in direction of a ray of light
  3. A process where light hits a smooth surface *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  4. Is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  5. A type of telescope that has a large circular mirror that curves inwards *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  6. Shortest type of wavelength
  7. A material that does not allow any light to pass through
  8. A type of telescope that has 2 lenses, one on each side of a long tube *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  9. A device that allows you to see micro-organisms by combining the powers of at least 2 lenses
  10. The point at which all light rays coming from a single direction and passing through a lens or striking a mirror come together *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  11. Any technology that uses light *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  12. Angle of incident of a wave hitting a surface equal the angle of reflection
Down
  1. A line that is perpendicular to the mirror at the point of reflection
  2. A material that allows all light to pass by
  3. All forms of radiant energy *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  4. A mirror that curves outwards *include hyphen in crossword*
  5. A type of mirror that provides the clearest reflection *Include hyphen in crossword*
  6. A mirror that curves inwards *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  7. A process where light hits a rough and/or uneven surface *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  8. A type of bulb that's filled with small amounts of gases like mercury vapor
  9. A device that allows you to see distant objects
  10. Basically two short refracting telescope that are fixed together
  11. A ray of light that has arrived from a mirror or another substance *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  12. An object that doesn't produce any light *Includes hyphen in crossword*
  13. A material that allows some light to pass by

25 Clues: Shortest type of wavelength • An object that produces light • The change in direction of a ray of light • A material that allows all light to pass by • A material that allows some light to pass by • A device that allows you to see distant objects • A material that does not allow any light to pass through • All forms of radiant energy *Includes hyphen in crossword* • ...

Gabby Clement puzzle 2020-09-15

Gabby Clement puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a group of clay that consist of china, earthenware,stoneware,or tile
  2. room temperature quartz
  3. alters the vitrification temperature of the clay
  4. done to mature the clay and give the clay oppurtunity to heal imperfections
  5. pots and other things made from clay hardened by heat
  6. a form of quartz and has a different form of physical appearance
  7. makes two pieces come together, like a resin
  8. a high temperature polymorph of silica with a crystal structure
  9. used to add texture or add gritty
  10. melts at 2102- 2372f
  11. formed when exposed to high heat and pressure, causing change
Down
  1. a crystalline form of silica, also available as a powder
  2. having a shiny surface or coating
  3. The material that acts as a hardener in glass, glazes, clays and all ceramic materials
  4. often used in clay bodies instead of grog
  5. adding other things to clay after you dig it up
  6. up to 25% of clay body,fuses at 2282f
  7. the cracking that occurs in fired ceramic bodies
  8. the mineral form of silica powder used in ceramic glazes and clay bodies
  9. table a table of elements arranged in an informative array
  10. melts at 2102-2372f

21 Clues: melts at 2102-2372f • melts at 2102- 2372f • room temperature quartz • having a shiny surface or coating • used to add texture or add gritty • up to 25% of clay body,fuses at 2282f • often used in clay bodies instead of grog • makes two pieces come together, like a resin • adding other things to clay after you dig it up • alters the vitrification temperature of the clay • ...

World History -- Chapter 4 2021-02-11

World History -- Chapter 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Means "to rise high;" a large temple that was thought to be a god's home
  2. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
  3. A large sea between two continents, southern Europe and northern Africa
  4. An area of rich farmland between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
  5. Groups of merchants or citizens traveling together for safety over long distances
  6. Babylonian king who established Sumeria
  7. The civilization that rebelled against and conquered the Assyrian Empire
  8. The earliest system of writing in which wedge-shaped characters were made by using a sharp reed on wet clay
  9. Forced payments taken from conquered people
  10. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the first civilizations developed
Down
  1. The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops
  2. Administrative areas into which a country is divided, similar to our present-day concept of states
  3. Large, militarized empire that emerged about 1000 years after Hammurabi
  4. The belief in or worship of more than one god
  5. A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
  6. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
  7. A long poem that tells the story of a hero
  8. Fine particles of fertile soil
  9. A person who writes things down; an official record-keeper
  10. A worker skilled in a craft

20 Clues: A worker skilled in a craft • Fine particles of fertile soil • Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon • Babylonian king who established Sumeria • A long poem that tells the story of a hero • Forced payments taken from conquered people • The belief in or worship of more than one god • A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...

World History Chapter 4 Review 2022-01-24

World History Chapter 4 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Babylonian king who established Sumeria
  2. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
  3. Means "to rise high;" a large temple that was thought to be a god's home
  4. A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
  5. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the first civilizations developed
  6. Large, militarized empire that emerged about 1000 years after Hammurabi
  7. The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
  8. A worker skilled in a craft
  9. Forced payments taken from conquered people
  10. The belief in or worship of more than one god.
  11. An area of rich farmland between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Down
  1. The earliest system of writing in which wedge-shaped characters were made by using a sharp reed on wet clay
  2. A large sea between two continents, southern Europe and northern Africa
  3. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  4. A person who writes things down; an official record-keeper.
  5. Administraitve areas into which a country is divided, similar to our present-day concept of states
  6. A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
  7. Groups of merchants or citizens traveling together for safety over long distances
  8. The civilization that rebelled against and conquered the Assyrian Empire
  9. Fine particles of fertile soil

20 Clues: A worker skilled in a craft • Fine particles of fertile soil • Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon • Babylonian king who established Sumeria • A long poem that tells the story of a hero. • Forced payments taken from conquered people • The belief in or worship of more than one god. • A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...

Pottery 2025-12-01

Pottery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A very hot oven used to fire pottery.
  2. mill A machine that mixes and softens clay.
  3. A device used to weigh clay or materials.
  4. A very fine, white, strong type of clay fired at high temperatures.
  5. A tool used to press patterns or designs into clay.
  6. To press and fold clay to remove air bubbles.
  7. A place where people work, learn, or create things, like a pottery studio.
  8. A coloured clay slip used to decorate pottery.
  9. A tool with bristles used to paint, apply glaze, or clean clay.
  10. A tool (wood, metal, or rubber) used to smooth and shape clay.
Down
  1. A liquid coating that melts in the kiln and makes pottery shiny or colorful.
  2. A spinning machine used to shape clay.
  3. The entrance to the pottery workspace or kiln room.
  4. A tool shaped like a cone used to pour liquids cleanly.
  5. Soft, natural earth used to make pottery.
  6. A soft material used to smooth clay or clean surfaces.
  7. storage The place where clay is kept.
  8. A machine that pushes out air under pressure, often used with spray guns to apply glaze.
  9. A place that provides light and ventilation in the studio.

19 Clues: A very hot oven used to fire pottery. • storage The place where clay is kept. • A spinning machine used to shape clay. • A device used to weigh clay or materials. • Soft, natural earth used to make pottery. • mill A machine that mixes and softens clay. • To press and fold clay to remove air bubbles. • A coloured clay slip used to decorate pottery. • ...

CERAMIC VOCABULARY 2017-04-09

CERAMIC VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay and water used to attach pieces of clay together
  2. the high temperature oven used for baking clay
  3. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  4. HARD when clay resembles and feels like leather
  5. unfired clay pieces
  6. a hand building technique using snake like coils of clay
  7. clay that has been rolled flat
Down
  1. making clay permanent
  2. the first firing that makes clay permanent
  3. carving marks into clay the clay onto which you put slip to join two pieces of clay together
  4. DRY clay must be bone dry in order to be bisqued fired
  5. clay that has been fired for permanence
  6. a moist earth made of decomposed rock
  7. minerals mixed with water used to "paint" ceramics

14 Clues: unfired clay pieces • making clay permanent • clay that has been rolled flat • kneading clay to remove air bubbles • a moist earth made of decomposed rock • clay that has been fired for permanence • the first firing that makes clay permanent • the high temperature oven used for baking clay • HARD when clay resembles and feels like leather • ...

Chapter 9 APES Crossword 2022-05-20

Chapter 9 APES Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land used to raise plants for human use
  2. Removal of material from one place and its transport to another by the action of wind or water.
  3. A mixture produced when decomposers break down organic matter such as food and crop waste in a controlled environment.
  4. Particles that are 0.002-0.05mm.
  5. Consist of the remains or waste of organisms.
  6. Uses healthy soil, clean water, pollinators, and other resources to keep crops cleaner.
  7. The buildup of salts in the surface of soil layers.
  8. Particles that are 0.05-2mm.
Down
  1. The process whereby solid particles suspended or dissolved in liquid are transported to another location.
  2. A crucial horizon for agriculture and ecosystems.
  3. Mined or synthetically manufactured mineral supplements.
  4. Material The base geologic material in a particular location.
  5. Spread worldwide and uses machines and technology to produce crops and farmland.
  6. Made up of disintegrated rock, organic matter, water, gases, nutrients, and microorganisms.
  7. Substances that contain nutrients essential for plant growth.
  8. Profile From the surface to the bedrock.
  9. Practice of raising crops and livestock for human use and consumption.
  10. Particles that are less than 0.002mm.
  11. Mass of solid rock that makes up earth's crust
  12. Land used for grazing livestock

20 Clues: Particles that are 0.05-2mm. • Land used for grazing livestock • Particles that are 0.002-0.05mm. • Particles that are less than 0.002mm. • Land used to raise plants for human use • Profile From the surface to the bedrock. • Consist of the remains or waste of organisms. • Mass of solid rock that makes up earth's crust • A crucial horizon for agriculture and ecosystems. • ...

Clay Vocabulary 2018-10-31

Clay Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A method of making pottery in which a ball of clay is pressed, pulled, and pinched into a shape with the hands. The thumb is usually used to open the center.
  2. The term used to describe clay that has dried out and is ready to be fired, it changes to a lighter color and is very fragile
  3. A long rolled (snake shape) piece of clay.
  4. Liquid glass put on bisqueware to have a decorative coating or finish.
  5. To harden; turn to stone. A glassy, non-porous state caused by heat.
  6. To knead the clay or push on it repeatedly to help remove air bubbles and extra moisture
  7. Firing point at which a claybody or glaze reaches its desired condition of hardness or color.
  8. The first time clay is fired.
  9. The type of "oven" used throughout the firing process.
Down
  1. To make scratches on the surface of the clay before putting two pieces together.
  2. A flattened piece of clay
  3. The act of smashing dried clay to a powder, adding water, and then drying it out to reuse it.
  4. The term used to describe clay that has been fired once
  5. A mixture of clay and water used like glue, used in combination with scoring.
  6. The quality of clay which allows it to be manipulated, shaped, and molded without cracking or crumbling, workability.
  7. A small cone shaped piece of clay used inside the kiln to automatically shut the kiln off at the correct temperature
  8. Creating vessels on a potter’s wheel.
  9. The process of heating the clay in the kiln.

18 Clues: A flattened piece of clay • The first time clay is fired. • Creating vessels on a potter’s wheel. • A long rolled (snake shape) piece of clay. • The process of heating the clay in the kiln. • The type of "oven" used throughout the firing process. • The term used to describe clay that has been fired once • ...

Ceramics Vocabulary Definitions 1 and 2 2020-10-01

Ceramics Vocabulary Definitions 1 and 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a simple form of hand-made pottery that is typically formed using a thumb and forefinger
  2. a wooden or plastic board used to put clay
  3. an ancient technique that is an additive process where clay is added to clay to shape something
  4. a sharp pointy tool used to scratch into the surface of the clay
  5. clay in its natural state after digging it up out of the ground
  6. a term used to describe clay that has dried out enough to carve into
  7. a piece of pottery that has dried completely and is ready for the first firing; very fragile at this state
  8. the opening of a pot
  9. clay mixed with water that can be poured into molds; can also be used to glue pieces of clay together
  10. the process of scratching hatch marks with a pin tool and then brushing on slip to join clay pieces together.
  11. a thermally insulated chamber used for firing clay
Down
  1. a sculptural technique where portions of a hard substance are cut away to reveal form
  2. a tool with a metal loop on one or both ends; also called a ribbon tool
  3. the base of a ceramic form
  4. a plastic or wooden tool used to smooth or shape areas of clay
  5. a kidney shaped tool used to smooth or scrape clay away; sometimes called a scraper
  6. a ceramic piece that has been bisque fired, painted with glaze, and then fired a second time; a finished ceramic piece
  7. a piece of pottery that has been fired (baked in the kiln) for the first time
  8. clay that has been processed to remove most air bubbles and impurities; easy to work with

19 Clues: the opening of a pot • the base of a ceramic form • a wooden or plastic board used to put clay • a thermally insulated chamber used for firing clay • a plastic or wooden tool used to smooth or shape areas of clay • clay in its natural state after digging it up out of the ground • a sharp pointy tool used to scratch into the surface of the clay • ...

Reform Movements 2022-04-01

Reform Movements crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. Wrote the North Star and was a big abolitionist
  3. the thing that we revitalized during the Second Great Awakening.
  4. the right to vote
  5. Also helped start the Seneca Falls convention, was a quaker
  6. popular literary movement that many American authors took part in. Related to God.
  7. Wanted to create a free public education system
  8. peacefully protesting against something that is wrong.
Down
  1. Helped create the Seneca Falls convention, was very rich
  2. The thing you're going to need to finish this crossword, which happens to be about reform, so it all fits.
  3. to change something for the better
  4. Worked to reform prisons and create mental health facilities
  5. Was a quaker and spoke out for Woman's rights
  6. the thing that we go through to bring this crossword to you.
  7. big advocator for woman's rights and the abolition of slavery

15 Clues: the right to vote • Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin • to change something for the better • Was a quaker and spoke out for Woman's rights • Wrote the North Star and was a big abolitionist • Wanted to create a free public education system • peacefully protesting against something that is wrong. • Helped create the Seneca Falls convention, was very rich • ...

Clay 2024-10-11

Clay crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is liquid clay
  2. a flat pancake or clay
  3. a substance made of dirt and water
  4. to rub the edges of the clay to seal it
  5. a pot made by pinching the sides
  6. is a special paint made or tiny glass pieces
  7. a machine that is used to fire the clay
Down
  1. press or twisting the clay to join them together
  2. a long thin rope of clay
  3. scratching two parts of clay and putting them together
  4. is the word for fired clay

11 Clues: is liquid clay • a flat pancake or clay • a long thin rope of clay • is the word for fired clay • a pot made by pinching the sides • a substance made of dirt and water • to rub the edges of the clay to seal it • a machine that is used to fire the clay • is a special paint made or tiny glass pieces • press or twisting the clay to join them together • ...

Baaj 2016-02-09

Baaj crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what do you read
  2. what planet are we on
  3. what type of puzzle is this
  4. where do you sleep
  5. tenth guru
Down
  1. what device are you on
  2. balraj in short
  3. jasmeet in short
  4. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
  5. what says meow
  6. _____ is how many planets there are in our solar system
  7. what says woof
  8. how many spaces are there

13 Clues: tenth guru • what says meow • what says woof • balraj in short • what do you read • jasmeet in short • where do you sleep • what planet are we on • what device are you on • how many spaces are there • what type of puzzle is this • _____ is how many planets there are in our solar system • Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

Clay Cross Word 2021-12-03

Clay Cross Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To scratch the surface of the clay
  2. Clay mixed with water to make an adhesive or glue to stick two pieces of clay together
  3. Technique that uses your hands to manipulate clay into a form
  4. Technique that uses your thumb pressed into a ball of clay and repeatedly squeezing clay between thumb and fingers to create a clay pot
  5. Equipment used to fire the clay at a high temperature
  6. Paint made for clay that creates a shiny surface once fired. Applied only to bisqueware
  7. Clay that has been fired once (4th stage)
Down
  1. Technique to make snakelike ropes of clay
  2. Clay that is wet enough to be worked but firm enough to hold its shape (1st Stage)
  3. Kneading the clay to remove air bubbles
  4. Clay that is still damp but too dry to shape (2nd stage)
  5. To heat up at high temperatures in order to harden the clay
  6. Clay that is completely dry and ready to be fired (3rd stage)
  7. Ceramic piece that has been fired a second time with glaze on it (5th stage)
  8. A flat piece of clay created using a roller

15 Clues: To scratch the surface of the clay • Kneading the clay to remove air bubbles • Technique to make snakelike ropes of clay • Clay that has been fired once (4th stage) • A flat piece of clay created using a roller • Equipment used to fire the clay at a high temperature • Clay that is still damp but too dry to shape (2nd stage) • ...

Plants 2018-05-16

Plants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. leaves have primary and secondary ———————
  2. the title of this crossword
  3. the fall off the trees in Autumn
  4. plants need ————— to grow
  5. they grow out of them
  6. plants need ——— to grow
Down
  1. they make nests in trees
  2. you put the seeds in it
  3. ——————— are beautiful
  4. the pointy bit of the leaf
  5. the place around us

11 Clues: the place around us • they grow out of them • you put the seeds in it • they make nests in trees • plants need ——— to grow • the pointy bit of the leaf • ——————— are beautiful • the title of this crossword • plants need ————— to grow • the fall off the trees in Autumn • leaves have primary and secondary ———————

crafts2 2015-12-30

crafts2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dough homemade dough
  2. liquid starch
  3. white glue
  4. sponge
  5. printing ink
  6. polymer clay
  7. aluminum foil
  8. chenille stems
  9. toothpicks
  10. watercolors
  11. scrap wood
  12. ink pad
  13. air dry clay
Down
  1. wood glue
  2. glue stick
  3. fabric glue
  4. Mod Podge
  5. rubber stamps
  6. craft/popsicle sticks
  7. clay
  8. painter's tape
  9. acrylic paint
  10. tempera paint
  11. wood shapes

24 Clues: clay • sponge • ink pad • wood glue • Mod Podge • glue stick • white glue • toothpicks • scrap wood • fabric glue • watercolors • wood shapes • printing ink • polymer clay • air dry clay • liquid starch • rubber stamps • aluminum foil • acrylic paint • tempera paint • painter's tape • chenille stems • dough homemade dough • craft/popsicle sticks

English words 2018-12-28

English words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. machinery for grinding grain
  2. gaseous form of a liquid or solid substance
  3. often harmful organism that lives on or in a different organism
  4. animals that are plant-eater
  5. sticky earth that becomes hard when baked
  6. usually underground part of a plant that stores food
  7. roun-bodied boneless animal
  8. tree with juicy round fruit with yellowish-red skin and a rough stone like seed
Down
  1. soil containing varying percentages of clay,silt,and sand
  2. plant without leaves or flowers growing on other plants
  3. small hard seed of food plants such as rice
  4. farm animals kept for use such as sheep
  5. instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
  6. animal which catches and kills other animals
  7. plant with a sweet root used as a vegetable or a source of sugar
  8. river flowing from east Turkey through Syria and Iraq joining the Tigris

16 Clues: roun-bodied boneless animal • machinery for grinding grain • animals that are plant-eater • farm animals kept for use such as sheep • sticky earth that becomes hard when baked • small hard seed of food plants such as rice • gaseous form of a liquid or solid substance • animal which catches and kills other animals • instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure • ...

Chapter 4.1 & 4.2 Managing Ecosystems & Biodiversity 2024-11-15

Chapter 4.1 & 4.2 Managing Ecosystems & Biodiversity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rate of production of biomass for an ecosystem
  2. The original rock that smaller rocks or soils are formed from through weathering.
  3. A soil of an order comprising mineral soils that have yet to differentiate into distinct horizons. This soil type is associated with hot deserts. Also known as entisols.
  4. Areas of permanently frozen ground.
  5. Soils that are formed in an environment underlain by permafrost, thus referred to as permafrost soils. This soil type is associated with tundra. Also known as cryosols.
  6. The gradual process by which an ecosystem develops and changes in a region that has not previously been colonised, for example new lava flows
  7. The rate at which ecosystems producers convert solar energy into biomass
  8. The rate that the producers produce and store energy minus the loss of energy through respiration.
  9. Weathered but not as much as ultisols, tropical mineral soils with highly oxidised subsurface soils. Less acidic than ultisols. This is another soil type of the tropical rainforest.
  10. A hardy species which is capable of being the first to colonise disturbed or newly formed environments
  11. The animal life characteristics of an area, region or environment
  12. A hostile, barren landscape where less than 250mm of precipitation occurs annually, and biodiversity is low.
  13. Restoring an area of land to its natural undisturbed state, specifically through the reintroduction of species of wild animals that have been driven out or hunted to extinction in an area
  14. A variation between high and low air temperatures that occurs during the same day (e.g. changes between night and daytime temperatures.
  15. A species that is not native to an area, and is able to outcompete other species causing changes to the balance in an ecosystem.
  16. A biome found far north in Asia and Alaska which is characterised by long cold, dark winters, and short cool summers. Permafrost limits vegetation growth to short shrubs and grasses.
  17. Rainfall that occurs when the energy of the sun heats up Earth’s surface and causes water to evaporate and become water vapour. This then condenses to form clouds at higher altitudes.
  18. A species that originated and developed in a specific ecosystem or region and adapted to living in that area.
  19. A layer of soil parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from those above or below.
Down
  1. A branching diagram or tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species based on similarities and differences in their physical and genetic characteristics
  2. The material in cells that carries hereditary information about how a living organism will look and function. Genes make up portions of the DNA
  3. Also known as Podzolic soils (Podzol) are acid soils characterized by a subsurface accumulation of humus that is complexed with Al and Fe. Infertile acidic soils characterized by white or gray subsurface layers. Minerals have been leached into lower dark coloured horizons. It is typically found under temperate coniferous woodland. This soil type is associated with the boreal forest which is also known as the Taiga.
  4. The process by which living organisms have developed and adapted into different forms
  5. Relating to or characteristic of the climatic zone south of the Arctic Circle. This biome is also known as the Taiga contain coniferous trees
  6. The rate at which energy is converted into organic material through photosynthesis by plants
  7. Pores in the leaf or stem of the plant, forming a slit which allows the movement of gases in and out of the spaces between the cells.
  8. Soils with thick, dark upper layer alkaline rich in humus (organic material). This soil is base rich throughout and very fertile. This soil type is associated with temperate grasslands (prairies)..
  9. Strongly leached, acid forest soils with relatively low native fertility and high aluminum oxide. Found in warm humid climates. This soil type is associated with tropical rainforests.
  10. A biome with grassy plains and few trees, in the tropics and subtropics, typically referred to as a savanna.
  11. The plants of a particular area, region or environment
  12. Soil comprising of leached basic or slightly acid soils with a clay enriched B horizon (subsoil) found in tropical dry forest, savannas, and temperate deciduous forests.
  13. An increase in nutrients in a body of water, results in a rapid growth of algae. Algal blooms cover the surface of the water, forming a green layer. When the algae decay and die, a decline in oxygen level occurs, causing significant ecological degradation.
  14. The gradual process by which an ecosystem develops and changes in a region that has previously been colonised, however, it has been disturbed, damaged or removed
  15. The process by which the structure of a biological community changes over time
  16. Originating or occurring naturally in a specific area; a species that is native to an ecosystem and found only in that area.
  17. The basic units of heredity (characteristics) passed down from parent to offspring (young). E.g. tall parents are more likely to have all children as their genes carry that characteristic

36 Clues: Areas of permanently frozen ground. • the rate of production of biomass for an ecosystem • The plants of a particular area, region or environment • The animal life characteristics of an area, region or environment • The rate at which ecosystems producers convert solar energy into biomass • ...

Mesopotamia 2014-10-09

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A set of 282 laws
  2. A horsedrawn cart
  3. The first ever writing system
  4. Land between the rivers
  5. A mixture of rocks and soil
  6. Bringing water to an area of land
Down
  1. Effect
  2. A large arc of fertile land
  3. ManMade waterways
  4. Used to bust up the clay

10 Clues: Effect • A set of 282 laws • A horsedrawn cart • ManMade waterways • Land between the rivers • Used to bust up the clay • A large arc of fertile land • A mixture of rocks and soil • The first ever writing system • Bringing water to an area of land

Clay Vocabulary 2025-12-15

Clay Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A technique used to decorate ware by adding clay to the surface
  2. The second stage in the clay cycle
  3. Ware that is completed in form, but not yet dried sufficiently to be ready to be fired.
  4. The fifth stage in the clay cycle.
  5. High fire clays (Cone 6-10) hard and vitrified when fired. This type of clay is most often used by potters because of it’s plasticity and firing range.
  6. The third stage in the clay cycle.
  7. scratching hatch marks into the clay before joining pieces together.
  8. A decorative technique in which greenware is carved into to create a pattern or design.
  9. The process of forcing air bubbles from the clay to obtain a smooth consistency to the clay.
Down
  1. Clay bodies formulated to fire at low temperatures, cone 06. Terracotta clay is an example of earth ware, it is red and used to create tiles and flowerpots.
  2. The first stage in the clay cycle.
  3. The sixth stage in the clay cycle.
  4. Clay made from one source of granite, found at higher elevations, lacks plasticity.
  5. formulated to fire at very high temperatures, it is very delicate and glass-like.  It is well known for being white and traditionally used to make dolls and fine dinnerware.
  6. An earthenware body, usually reddish or brown in color containing 30% grog.
  7. Clay composed of multiple sources of granite, found at lower elevations near streams or bodies of water.
  8. The fourth stage in the clay cycle.

17 Clues: The first stage in the clay cycle. • The sixth stage in the clay cycle. • The second stage in the clay cycle • The fifth stage in the clay cycle. • The third stage in the clay cycle. • The fourth stage in the clay cycle. • A technique used to decorate ware by adding clay to the surface • scratching hatch marks into the clay before joining pieces together. • ...

Chapter 4.1 & 4.2 Managing Ecosystems & Biodiversity 2024-11-14

Chapter 4.1 & 4.2 Managing Ecosystems & Biodiversity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rate of production of biomass for an ecosystem
  2. The original rock that smaller rocks or soils are formed from through weathering.
  3. A soil of an order comprising mineral soils that have yet to differentiate into distinct horizons. This soil type is associated with hot deserts.
  4. Areas of permanently frozen ground.
  5. Soils that are formed in an environment underlain by permafrost, thus referred to as permafrost soils. This soil type is associated with tundra. Also known as cryosols.
  6. The gradual process by which an ecosystem develops and changes in a region that has not previously been colonised, for example new lava flows
  7. The rate at which ecosystems producers convert solar energy into biomass
  8. The rate that the producers produce and store energy minus the loss of energy through respiration.
  9. Weathered but not as much as ultisols, tropical mineral soils with highly oxidised subsurface soils. Less acidic than ultisols. This is another soil type of the tropical rainforest.
  10. A hardy species which is capable of being the first to colonise disturbed or newly formed environments
  11. The animal life characteristics of an area, region or environment
  12. A hostile, barren landscape where less than 250mm of precipitation occurs annually, and biodiversity is low.
  13. Restoring an area of land to its natural undisturbed state, specifically through the reintroduction of species of wild animals that have been driven out or hunted to extinction in an area
  14. A variation between high and low air temperatures that occurs during the same day (e.g. changes between night and daytime temperatures.
  15. A species that is not native to an area, and is able to outcompete other species causing changes to the balance in an ecosystem.
  16. A biome found far north in Asia and Alaska which is characterised by long cold, dark winters, and short cool summers. Permafrost limits vegetation growth to short shrubs and grasses.
  17. Rainfall that occurs when the energy of the sun heats up Earth’s surface and causes water to evaporate and become water vapour. This then condenses to form clouds at higher altitudes.
  18. A species that originated and developed in a specific ecosystem or region and adapted to living in that area.
  19. A layer of soil parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from those above or below.
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  1. A branching diagram or tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species based on similarities and differences in their physical and genetic characteristics
  2. The material in cells that carries hereditary information about how a living organism will look and function. Genes make up portions of the DNA
  3. Also known as Podzolic soils (Podzol) are acid soils characterized by a subsurface accumulation of humus that is complexed with Al and Fe. Infertile acidic soils characterized by white or gray subsurface layers. Minerals have been leached into lower dark coloured horizons. It is typically found under temperate coniferous woodland. This soil type is associated with the boreal forest which is also known as the Taiga.
  4. The process by which living organisms have developed and adapted into different forms
  5. Relating to or characteristic of the climatic zone south of the Arctic Circle. This biome is also known as the Taiga contain coniferous trees
  6. The rate at which energy is converted into organic material through photosynthesis by plants
  7. Pores in the leaf or stem of the plant, forming a slit which allows the movement of gases in and out of the spaces between the cells.
  8. Soils with thick, dark upper layer alkaline rich in humus (organic material). This soil is base rich throughout and very fertile. This soil type is associated with grasslands.
  9. Strongly leached, acid forest soils with relatively low native fertility and high aluminum oxide. Found in warm humid climates. This soil type is associated with tropical rainforests.
  10. A biome with grassy plains and few trees, in the tropics and subtropics, typically referred to as a savanna.
  11. The plants of a particular area, region or environment
  12. Soil comprising of leached basic or slightly acid soils with a clay enriched B horizon (subsoil) found in tropical dry forest and savannas
  13. An increase in nutrients in a body of water, results in a rapid growth of algae. Algal blooms cover the surface of the water, forming a green layer. When the algae decay and die, a decline in oxygen level occurs, causing significant ecological degradation.
  14. The gradual process by which an ecosystem develops and changes in a region that has previously been colonised, however, it has been disturbed, damaged or removed
  15. The process by which the structure of a biological community changes over time
  16. Originating or occurring naturally in a specific area; a species that is native to an ecosystem and found only in that area.
  17. The basic units of heredity (characteristics) passed down from parent to offspring (young). E.g. tall parents are more likely to have all children as their genes carry that characteristic

36 Clues: Areas of permanently frozen ground. • the rate of production of biomass for an ecosystem • The plants of a particular area, region or environment • The animal life characteristics of an area, region or environment • The rate at which ecosystems producers convert solar energy into biomass • ...

Sculpture 1, Module 2 Vocabulary 2023-09-06

Sculpture 1, Module 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pots or vessels made using the ceramic process. Sometimes used interchangeably with the word Ceramics
  2. A rounded wood stick of various thickness, used in ceramics to control slab thickness.
  3. A curved loop of metal on a handle that can shave off pieces of clay. Comes in a variety of sizes.
  4. The clay is rolled into flat sheets that can be joined or carved into various forms.
  5. The part of space in an artwork that appears to be in between the foreground and the background.
  6. Tools used for shaping the surface of the clay.
  7. A method of attaching two clay pieces together, by scratching and applying water to the surfaces.
  8. Objects made from clay and heated to a high temperature until they permanently harden (fired). It can also refer to the process of making those objects.
  9. Clay that is totally dry, but has not yet been fired in a kiln.
  10. Clay that is still damp but is too dry to shape. It feels a bit like leather when you touch it.
  11. Means that something is pliable (soft, flexible) and can be molded into different forms.
  12. A thin knife specifically designed for cutting clay
  13. A flat, curved tool, usually wood or rubber, used for shaping and smoothing clay, especially during wheel-throwing.
  14. Kneading or mixing the clay with your hands, while pressing down on it to remove air bubbles and make it smooth.
Down
  1. A loop of metal (with a flat side) on a handle that can shave off pieces of clay. Comes in a variety of sizes.
  2. A needle on a handle, used for thin inscribing and fine details on the clay surface.
  3. The part of space in an artwork that appears to be farthest away from the viewer.
  4. The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.
  5. A flat, circular platform that rotates easily on its base. A clay object can be placed on it, to make it easy to rotate and shape the object.
  6. The clay is rolled out into “noodles” that can be built up into various forms.
  7. A flat, curved piece of flexible metal used to smooth clay.
  8. Ceramics that are made by hand (without using a wheel or mold).
  9. A type of natural mineral that has plasticity when wet, but becomes hard and brittle upon drying or firing.
  10. The part of space in an artwork that appears to be closest to the viewer.
  11. A ball of clay is pinched between the fingers to change its form.

25 Clues: Tools used for shaping the surface of the clay. • A thin knife specifically designed for cutting clay • A flat, curved piece of flexible metal used to smooth clay. • Ceramics that are made by hand (without using a wheel or mold). • Clay that is totally dry, but has not yet been fired in a kiln. • A ball of clay is pinched between the fingers to change its form. • ...

The raccoon cant solve this ceramic crossword *points pew pew* HELP IT 👺🔥🔥 2024-08-15

The raccoon cant solve this ceramic crossword *points pew pew* HELP IT 👺🔥🔥 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bowl made by pinching a sphere of clay
  2. the act of aligning clay on the potters wheel
  3. heating dry clay to a temperature where clay is hardened
  4. a Greek word meaning potter or pottery
  5. usually circular piece of material placed on the wheel head of the pottery wheel
  6. the thing you’re doing this term in art
  7. slow firing of ceramics in kiln
Down
  1. a wet clay used to join clay
  2. clay has lost moisture but can still be shaped
  3. also known as a fire sand which is made from crushed fired clay
  4. a furnace for ceramics using fire
  5. have been shaped but not fired
  6. glassy coating on ceramic
  7. a flat pancake of clay made with hands or a rolling pin
  8. cross hatching on clay
  9. hand technique to make a rope like shape

16 Clues: cross hatching on clay • glassy coating on ceramic • a wet clay used to join clay • have been shaped but not fired • slow firing of ceramics in kiln • a furnace for ceramics using fire • a Greek word meaning potter or pottery • the thing you’re doing this term in art • a bowl made by pinching a sphere of clay • hand technique to make a rope like shape • ...

Art - 7AB 2023-03-29

Art - 7AB crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crossword 7
  2. crossword 11
  3. crossword 2
  4. crossword 10
  5. crossword 1
  6. crossword 5
  7. crossword 12
  8. crossword 9
Down
  1. crossword 8
  2. crossword 6
  3. crossword 4
  4. crossword 3

12 Clues: crossword 8 • crossword 7 • crossword 6 • crossword 2 • crossword 4 • crossword 3 • crossword 1 • crossword 5 • crossword 9 • crossword 11 • crossword 10 • crossword 12

southern colonies 2021-01-22

southern colonies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where you grow crops
  2. soil is good for
  3. if you were rich you could make
  4. safe place for Catholics
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  1. your job is to get wood
  2. something that go's into a larger body of water
  3. you would raise_____ to eat
  4. you would ______ stuff to England
  5. you would catch_____ to eat
  6. most of the people there were

10 Clues: soil is good for • where you grow crops • your job is to get wood • safe place for Catholics • you would raise_____ to eat • you would catch_____ to eat • most of the people there were • if you were rich you could make • you would ______ stuff to England • something that go's into a larger body of water

Gardening asessment 2025-06-03

Gardening asessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds.
  2. – The act of gathering mature crops from the garden.
  3. - a tool used to carry supplies
  4. – The process by which a seed begins to grow.
  5. – A type of soil ideal for gardening, rich and well-balanced.
  6. - safety equipment recommended by PPE to protect your hands from harm
  7. – Decomposed organic matter that enriches soil.
  8. – The early growth stage of a plant.
  9. – To cut back plants for better growth and health.
Down
  1. - Seed growth
  2. - dangers that may or may not be present at a certain situation
  3. – A small hand tool used for digging and planting.
  4. protective equipment - crucial equipment for personal safety
  5. - decayed organic material used as a fertiliser for growing plants.
  6. - a large farm, especially in a hot climate, that specialises in producing a single crop like tea
  7. – A substance added to soil to boost plant growth.
  8. – An unwanted plant that competes with cultivated crops.
  9. – Material spread over soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
  10. - used to kill insects, pests and rodents to protective plant and soil growth
  11. - The process of selectively removing plant parts like branches, buds, or roots to enhance plant health, growth, and appearance

20 Clues: - Seed growth • - a tool used to carry supplies • – The early growth stage of a plant. • – The process by which a seed begins to grow. • – Decomposed organic matter that enriches soil. • – A small hand tool used for digging and planting. • – A substance added to soil to boost plant growth. • – To cut back plants for better growth and health. • ...

Ceramic Vocab 2024-08-13

Ceramic Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of shaping clay on a potter's wheel.
  2. The reduction in size of clay pieces as they dry and are fired in the kiln.
  3. The stage in clay drying when it is still moist but firm enough to handle without warping.
  4. A high-temperature oven used to fire ceramics, transforming clay into a hard, durable form.
  5. A liquid mixture of clay and water used to join clay pieces together or as a decorative surface.
  6. A simple hand-building technique where a ball of clay is pinched into shape using the fingers.
  7. A hand-building technique where long rolls of clay are stacked to create forms.
  8. The firing of pottery after it has been glazed, which melts the glaze and fuses it to the clay body.
  9. Clay that is completely dry and ready to be fired. At this stage, it is fragile and susceptible to breaking.
Down
  1. A technique used to attach pieces of clay together. The surfaces are scored (scratched) and slip is applied before joining them.
  2. Unfired pottery that is dry and ready to be bisque fired.
  3. A glassy coating applied to pottery, which melts and fuses to the clay body during firing, providing a decorative finish and waterproofing.
  4. The process by which clay becomes glass-like and impervious to water during firing.
  5. A temperature-measuring device made from clay and glaze materials that melts at a specific temperature, used to gauge kiln temperatures.
  6. A process of kneading clay to remove air bubbles and create a uniform texture.
  7. A technique of rolling out flat sheets of clay, which can then be cut and assembled to create forms.
  8. Unglazed pottery that has been fired once. It is ready to be glazed and then fired again.
  9. A Japanese pottery technique where the pottery is removed from the kiln while still hot and placed into a container with combustible materials, creating unique glaze effects.

18 Clues: The process of shaping clay on a potter's wheel. • Unfired pottery that is dry and ready to be bisque fired. • The reduction in size of clay pieces as they dry and are fired in the kiln. • A process of kneading clay to remove air bubbles and create a uniform texture. • A hand-building technique where long rolls of clay are stacked to create forms. • ...

CERAMIC VOCABULARY 2017-04-13

CERAMIC VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a moist earth made decomposed rock
  2. clay must be bonedry in order to be bisque fired
  3. making clay permanent
  4. a hand building technique using snake like coils of clay
  5. carving marks into the clay onto which you put slip to join two pieces of clay
  6. unfired clay pieces
  7. the first firing that makes clay permanent
  8. clay and water used to attach pieces of clay together
Down
  1. clay that has been rolled flat
  2. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  3. when clay resembles and feels like leather
  4. the high temperature oven used for baking clay
  5. clay that has been fired for permanence
  6. minerals mixed with water used to paint ceramics

14 Clues: unfired clay pieces • making clay permanent • clay that has been rolled flat • a moist earth made decomposed rock • kneading clay to remove air bubbles • clay that has been fired for permanence • when clay resembles and feels like leather • the first firing that makes clay permanent • the high temperature oven used for baking clay • ...

Mid Semester Vocabulary Review 2024-03-01

Mid Semester Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. compact and dense soil that give the soil structure
  2. and burn, an agricultural technique that clears large areas of forests and then burns the remaining vegetation
  3. Fire, a very hot wildfire that passes from treetop to treetop
  4. an agricultural technique when crops are planted on steps cut into the sides of mountains
  5. Grade Ore, rock that contains small amounts or mineral or metal ore deposits
  6. Mine Drainage, water pollution from a mine site that has a low pH and dissolved heavy metals
  7. dioxide, this is a greenhouse gas absorbed by trees
  8. Depletion, when it becomes more expensive to process and produce a metal
  9. in the Amazon rainforest this monoculture is responsible for deforestation
  10. erosion, the movement of soil by water or wind
  11. of leaching, a build up of minerals as water passes through the soil
  12. Mining, underground mining that can be very dangerous is mine shafts collapse
  13. a measure of the acidity of soil
  14. Burns, forest rangers intentionally light fires to promote the health of fire dependent ecosystems
  15. the ability of water to move through the soil
  16. where plant roots grow due to high concentration of nutrients
  17. cutting, the clearing of all trees in an area regardless of age or species
  18. the chemical pesticide used in WWII that had toxic impacts on humans birds and fish
  19. using large machines to break up the soil to prepare the soil for planting crops
Down
  1. Species, lichens that breakdown rock to create soil are known as these types of species
  2. an even mixture of clay sand and silt
  3. cutting, a sustainable harvesting technique in which only certain trees are cut
  4. Succession, after a disturbance this is the process through which a forest grows and recovers
  5. any action that can restore the environment after mining is complete
  6. Irrigation, this irrigation technique delivers water to industrial plants using perforated hoses thus conserving water
  7. a large farm that only plants one species of a crop
  8. Community, the most biodiverse forest community
  9. this agricultural technique involves planting a tall sturdy plant as a windbreaker to smaller more fragile plants
  10. litter, dead leaves and organic waste decomposing on top of the surface of the soil
  11. Source Pollution, water pollution that makes its way into run-off water and cannot be tracked back to a source
  12. Source Pollution, water pollution that can be traced back to a specific source
  13. material, weathered rock that has broken down overtime to create the soil layers above it.
  14. a solid inorganic naturally occurring material

33 Clues: a measure of the acidity of soil • an even mixture of clay sand and silt • the ability of water to move through the soil • erosion, the movement of soil by water or wind • a solid inorganic naturally occurring material • Community, the most biodiverse forest community • compact and dense soil that give the soil structure • ...

LNHS Ceramics 2020-12-17

LNHS Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Making pottery by forming sheets of clay.
  2. A very wet clay used to help join pieces of wet clay together.
  3. This Element of Art is the way that light hits the pots to create shadows.
  4. Making pots by rolling and stacking ropes of clay.
  5. This Element of Art deals with the surface of the pot.
  6. Clay that has dried a little to be able to be able to alter.
  7. The most fragile stage of the Cycle of Clay
  8. Pottery that has been fired once.
  9. Forms that are not definite. Free-flowing.
  10. Red, Blue and Yellow
Down
  1. Glaze that is very shiny.
  2. Glaze that is not have a shine to it.
  3. A 3D form that is intended to look at.
  4. An arrangement of multiple pieces of pottery.
  5. Pottery that has not been fired yet.
  6. A chemical mixture of silica, clay and flux.
  7. A brick chamber used to fire the clay.
  8. Making pots on the potter's wheel.
  9. Orange, Green and Violet
  10. The outline of an object that is not there.
  11. Clay that has the right amount of water to be able to form into a pot.

21 Clues: Red, Blue and Yellow • Orange, Green and Violet • Glaze that is very shiny. • Pottery that has been fired once. • Making pots on the potter's wheel. • Pottery that has not been fired yet. • Glaze that is not have a shine to it. • A 3D form that is intended to look at. • A brick chamber used to fire the clay. • Making pottery by forming sheets of clay. • ...

Clay Notes Review 2025-02-20

Clay Notes Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a process using flat, even pieces of clay that have been formed into slabs with a rolling pin
  2. liquid clay used like glue to join pieces of clay together
  3. an unglazed clay piece that has been fired in the kiln once at a low temperature and is ready to be glazed
  4. objects made of clay hardened by heat.
  5. Also called Bone Dry, clay that is fully dried out and ready to be fired
  6. Finely ground rocks plus water
  7. the glaze melts, turning it into a ceramic surface
  8. a thin, glasslike coating that is applied to clay pieces; when fired in a
Down
  1. rolling a cylinder of clay to create a long, snake-like form
  2. a clay piece with glaze on it that has been fired in the kiln
  3. roughly scratching into clay where 2 pieces will join
  4. pots, plates, and vessels made from clay and fired in a kiln.
  5. clay that has started to dry; it can still be carved, cut, and joined together
  6. the process of squeezing a piece of clay between your fingers to form a dome
  7. moldable clay that is wet enough to easily shape into forms by hand without breaking
  8. a sculpture that projects from a flat surface

16 Clues: Finely ground rocks plus water • objects made of clay hardened by heat. • a sculpture that projects from a flat surface • the glaze melts, turning it into a ceramic surface • roughly scratching into clay where 2 pieces will join • liquid clay used like glue to join pieces of clay together • rolling a cylinder of clay to create a long, snake-like form • ...

Pottery and Ceramics 2025-10-23

Pottery and Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Raised circle at the base of a vessel
  2. Tool used to smooth and shape clay
  3. Method using flat sheets of clay joined together
  4. Second firing that melts glaze to glass
  5. Colored slip applied for surface design
  6. Flat disc placed on the potters wheel
  7. Kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  8. White translucent high fire clay body
Down
  1. Durable mid to high fire clay body
  2. Technique building forms with rolled clay ropes
  3. Technique of shaping clay on a spinning wheel
  4. Liquid clay used for joining and decoration
  5. Porous low fire clay body
  6. First low temperature firing of clay
  7. Furnace used to fire clay objects

15 Clues: Porous low fire clay body • Furnace used to fire clay objects • Durable mid to high fire clay body • Tool used to smooth and shape clay • Kneading clay to remove air bubbles • First low temperature firing of clay • Raised circle at the base of a vessel • Flat disc placed on the potters wheel • White translucent high fire clay body • Second firing that melts glaze to glass • ...

Soil 2020-02-28

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault.
  2. Occurs when the hanging wall moves up and over the footwall due to compression stress.
  3. The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
  4. The organic part of soil;formed when dead plants/animals decay.
  5. When broken down rock is moved by some force of nature.
  6. A solid, naturally occurring substance that was not made by plants or animals.
  7. A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals and organic matter.
  8. Mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air.
  9. The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault.
  10. Occurs when the hanging wall moves down with respect to the foot-wall due to tension stress.
Down
  1. A break in the Earth’s crust.
  2. The chemical and physical processes that break down rock.
  3. Occurs when rocks on both sides of the fault slide past each other sideways due to shearing stress.
  4. A layer of soil with properties different from the layers above and below it.
  5. Force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume.

15 Clues: A break in the Earth’s crust. • The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault. • When broken down rock is moved by some force of nature. • The block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault. • Force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume. • The chemical and physical processes that break down rock. • ...

CERAMIC VOCABULARY 2017-04-29

CERAMIC VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the high temperature oven used for baking clay
  2. a moist earth made of decomposed rock
  3. making clay permanent
  4. unfired clay pieces
  5. carving marks into the clay onto which you put slip to join two pieces of clay together
  6. minerals mixed with water used to paint ceramics
Down
  1. a hand building technique using snake like coils of clay
  2. hard when clay resembles and feels like leather
  3. clay and water used to attach pieces of clay together
  4. clay that has been fired for permanence
  5. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  6. dry clay must be bone dry in order to be bisque fired
  7. the first firing that makes clay permanent
  8. clay that has been rolled

14 Clues: unfired clay pieces • making clay permanent • clay that has been rolled • kneading clay to remove air bubbles • a moist earth made of decomposed rock • clay that has been fired for permanence • the first firing that makes clay permanent • the high temperature oven used for baking clay • hard when clay resembles and feels like leather • ...

Tree Elements 2020-12-30

Tree Elements crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Brown powder
  2. Christmas tree
  3. Crossword Title
  4. It grows in the ground
  5. The body of the tree
Down
  1. The green clothes of the tree
  2. Τhe legs of the tree
  3. The Hand of the Tree

8 Clues: Brown powder • Christmas tree • Crossword Title • Τhe legs of the tree • The Hand of the Tree • The body of the tree • It grows in the ground • The green clothes of the tree

Ceramics Vocabulary 2023-03-28

Ceramics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the reduction in size of the clay mass that occurs when water in the clay evaporates during drying and firing.
  2. a way of imporving the workability of clay by reforming the mixture to make it more homogenous and even in texture while eliminating air bubbles.
  3. heating pottery or clay sculpture to a temperature high enough to render it hard and durable.
  4. ceramics ware that has gone through the first firing at a relatively low temperature and still maintains its porous state.
  5. the stage between plastic and bone dry when clay has dried but may still be carved or joined to other pieces.
  6. stage of drying when moisture in the clay body has evaporated so the clay surface no longer feels cold.
  7. handbuilding technique that involves shaping clay into a broad, flat piece
Down
  1. scratching the edges of clay before joining them together.
  2. attaching rolls of clay together to form pottery
  3. a coating of glass that is fused to the surface of ceramic piece
  4. making clay forms by a non-mechanical process, such as pinching, coiling and slab building.
  5. a structure built to fire clay at high temperatures
  6. a support or frame used when sculpting clay, usually removed before firing.
  7. unfired pottery or sculpture
  8. a fluid suspension of clay in water used in joining them together
  9. the property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking.
  10. the base of a pot upon which it can stand

17 Clues: unfired pottery or sculpture • the base of a pot upon which it can stand • attaching rolls of clay together to form pottery • a structure built to fire clay at high temperatures • scratching the edges of clay before joining them together. • a coating of glass that is fused to the surface of ceramic piece • ...

Ancient Egypt 2015-09-25

Ancient Egypt crossword puzzle
Across
  1. known for his building of temples and beautification of Egypt
  2. a series of rulers from a single family
  3. the rich soil left behind after flooding and the prosperous farming that this led to
  4. left behind on the soil after the Nile River flooded and made the soil highly fertile for farming
  5. a plant that was made into paper
Down
  1. the Egyptian form of writing
  2. the river along which Ancient Egypt developed; provided Egypt with protection, water, and silt which fertilized the soil
  3. the process of bringing water to crop fields
  4. first female pharaoh
  5. burial tombs for pharaohs
  6. government headed by a king or queen

11 Clues: first female pharaoh • burial tombs for pharaohs • the Egyptian form of writing • a plant that was made into paper • government headed by a king or queen • a series of rulers from a single family • the process of bringing water to crop fields • known for his building of temples and beautification of Egypt • ...

scalp-serum 2021-08-10

scalp-serum crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Purify
  2. First name of BREAD’s founder
  3. “you make good hair, we make good _______”
  4. shop in store or online
  5. “a clay mask, but not for your _____”
  6. soothing light exfoliants, Gluconolactone is one
  7. we’re here for them; the wash-day must haves
  8. the magazine that blessed hair-oil best in beauty 2020
  9. do this as well as eat your greens
Down
  1. scalp-serum should be used at this time
  2. Kaolin, Bentonite
  3. can be physical or chemical - we’ve used the later to give the zingy, refreshing and renewing feels of a scalp scrub.
  4. The country our high grade botanicals come from
  5. Included in scalp-serum for labkit feels
  6. The AHA soothing light exfoliant acid in scalp-serum
  7. “a _____ for your scalp”
  8. It’s easy being
  9. This extract is antioxidant-rich and is known to help neutralize damaging free-radicals that can cause oxidative stress on your scalp.
  10. Menthyl Lactate and Eucalyptol are blended to cool and remedy
  11. It’s skin too!
  12. essentially a bunch of keratin fibres dangling from your head
  13. It’s what hair care should be

22 Clues: Purify • It’s skin too! • It’s easy being • Kaolin, Bentonite • “a _____ for your scalp” • First name of BREAD’s founder • It’s what hair care should be • shop in store or online • “a clay mask, but not for your _____” • scalp-serum should be used at this time • Included in scalp-serum for labkit feels • do this as well as eat your greens • ...

Aztec social structure, Games and Pottery 2023-08-17

Aztec social structure, Games and Pottery crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This class was owned by the nobles and wealthy merchants.
  2. This was and Aztec game
  3. This was the material that people used to make pottery
  4. These people were a group of brave young men
  5. Although being in the Upper-class they had a very hard life pleasing the gods
  6. This class was at the top of the social structure
  7. Their job is to do with fishing
  8. This class was at the middle
  9. This was the things made out of clay
  10. These people were known as Tolteca.
  11. This was a Circular disc with intricate details
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  1. This is the place where everything on the list came from
  2. The were the great leader
  3. This was what people used to cook
  4. This was a way of entertainment
  5. They were of rich and wealthy family in control of society
  6. This class was at the bottom of the social structure
  7. This was the largest group in Aztec society. Their job was to do with food
  8. These people had more rights than slaves
  9. These people travelled across land to bring back goods

20 Clues: This was and Aztec game • The were the great leader • This class was at the middle • This was a way of entertainment • Their job is to do with fishing • This was what people used to cook • These people were known as Tolteca. • This was the things made out of clay • These people had more rights than slaves • These people were a group of brave young men • ...

POTTERY TERMS 2013-07-20

POTTERY TERMS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hold at end of firing cycle
  2. this keeps glaze at bay
  3. another term for silica
  4. main ingredient in beach sand
  5. keep this product out of your clay
  6. forming clay without a wheel
  7. scratching through glaze
  8. the lowest part of a pot
  9. ready to fire - 2 words
  10. atmosphere in electric kiln
  11. this is done before using glazes
  12. device to measure kiln temperature
  13. used to join pieces of clay
  14. once fired clay object
  15. one who makes clay wares
  16. glaze defect showing bubbles
  17. abbreviation for red iron
  18. refractory clay - 2 words
  19. parabolic arch sort of kiln
  20. kneading clay before work
  21. hand building with snakes of clay
  22. calcined bone - two words
  23. this leaves the body
  24. machine to process clay - 2 words
  25. firing with reduced oxygen
  26. firing method with lots of smoke
  27. another term for silica
  28. opposite of acidic
  29. forming on the wheel
  30. firing too hot causes this
  31. wares with no poisonous ingredients
  32. broken bit of pottery
Down
  1. mixture of kaolin and alumina
  2. another name for calcium carbonate
  3. hydrous aluminum silicate minerals
  4. loading a kiln
  5. items holding sheves up
  6. this oxide gives you the blues
  7. without form, glasslike
  8. glazing method using tongs
  9. separate agglomerates in a slurry with chemicals
  10. ground prefired clay
  11. common aluminosilicate glaze ingredient
  12. added to glazes to prevent settling
  13. shine a pot by rubbing
  14. glass like mature clay
  15. unfired ceramic articles
  16. china clay
  17. look into the kiln using this
  18. caused by water in the kiln
  19. turn this on when using kiln
  20. happens as clay dries and is fired
  21. glaze fault with lots of little cracks
  22. glaze with no gloss
  23. chemicals in glaze promoting melting
  24. bare spot defect on fired glaze
  25. opacifier containing zirconium
  26. where glazes are found

58 Clues: china clay • loading a kiln • opposite of acidic • glaze with no gloss • ground prefired clay • this leaves the body • forming on the wheel • broken bit of pottery • shine a pot by rubbing • once fired clay object • glass like mature clay • where glazes are found • this keeps glaze at bay • another term for silica • items holding sheves up • without form, glasslike • ready to fire - 2 words • ...

Vocab 2025-05-29

Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A pot formed from a structure of ropes of clay laid one on top of the other in a spiral.
  2. A common technique of making pottery used by the Pueblo people.
  3. A specialized industrial oven or furnace used for processes such as firing clay for pottery.
  4. An inexpensive metal with a low melting point commonly used for casting.
  5. A glassy surface covering that makes a ceramic piece waterproof and decorative.
  6. An earthy material that is plastic (moldable) when moist but hard when fired. It is composed mainly of alumina, silica and water.
  7. A small hand saw with a metal frame and handle that uses a fine blade to cut intricate shapes out of sheet metal.
  8. Objects made of clay that have been fired at a high temperature.
  9. A pottery technique in which a form is built up by joining shapes cut from thick sheets of damp clay.
  10. A tool used to remove unwanted burrs or blemishes on the edges of metal surfaces, to enlarge openings or smooth out edges.
  11. A handheld tool used for curling, shaping, and bending wire.
Down
  1. A convex mold where a slab of clay is draped over to create a mound.
  2. A concave mold where a slab of clay is placed inside to form a vessel.
  3. A process where a molten, liquid metal is poured into a mold.
  4. Clay is completely dry, room temperature and ready to be fired.
  5. Clay that has been fired one time and is ready to be glazed.
  6. The term that refers to removing air bubbles from clay.
  7. A ceramic piece that has been through a second firing process and has had glaze applied to it.
  8. A long, thin rope of clay made by rolling it with your hands.
  9. Liquid clay used to attach pieces of clay.
  10. ​​To “scratch” pieces of clay to be joined together with a pin tool.
  11. Process of baking ceramics. The application of great heat to a ceramic object in a kiln in order to harden it or to fix an applied glaze.

22 Clues: Liquid clay used to attach pieces of clay. • The term that refers to removing air bubbles from clay. • Clay that has been fired one time and is ready to be glazed. • A handheld tool used for curling, shaping, and bending wire. • A process where a molten, liquid metal is poured into a mold. • A long, thin rope of clay made by rolling it with your hands. • ...

Pantanal 2022-04-05

Pantanal crossword puzzle
Across
  1. walls to contain water
  2. valuable and deserves to be saved
  3. splashes, falls
  4. healthy and unspoiled
  5. nutrient rich sediments
Down
  1. change
  2. plants
  3. rain boots
  4. modified satellite image
  5. nature

10 Clues: change • plants • nature • rain boots • splashes, falls • healthy and unspoiled • walls to contain water • nutrient rich sediments • modified satellite image • valuable and deserves to be saved

Nic Strobel Puzzle 2 2020-08-25

Nic Strobel Puzzle 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clays that are the opposite of refractory clays.
  2. clays that contain iron iron oxide in reduced state.
  3. Primary clays come from where.
  4. Clay is 14% what.
  5. Sedimented clays which have been subjected to pressure.
  6. A type of secondary clay.
  7. What is not likely to be more than 25%
  8. Natural clays can contain what percent of iron oxide.
  9. Clays that assumes better than average plasticity.
  10. The most important primary clay is what.
  11. Plastic clays are as strong as what.
  12. Clay that can withstand a high temperature without deformation.
Down
  1. Clays that were moved somewhere else from their original location.
  2. Clay that is rarely textured
  3. clays that are used for tin-glazed ware.
  4. These clays are also called residual clays
  5. Natural clays fire to white, cream, and what other color.
  6. Clays that have a rust red color due to red iron oxide.
  7. Unlike stoneware, a porcelain body is what.
  8. Chemists see clay as a mixture and combination of what.
  9. Clays with large particles are naturally low in what
  10. The second most important primary clay.
  11. Water in holes between the particle in plastic clays are called.
  12. clays that the capacity to withstand thermal shock.
  13. These clays are also called lean clays
  14. clays that mature during firing.

26 Clues: Clay is 14% what. • A type of secondary clay. • Clay that is rarely textured • Primary clays come from where. • clays that mature during firing. • Plastic clays are as strong as what. • What is not likely to be more than 25% • These clays are also called lean clays • The second most important primary clay. • clays that are used for tin-glazed ware. • ...

fff 2025-03-24

fff crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Region that borders the Pacific Ocean with beaches, cliffs, and bays.
  2. Low, flat region between mountains; California’s agricultural heartland.
  3. Rich soil deposited by rivers, perfect for farming.
  4. California region known for extreme heat and little rainfall.
  5. The tallest mountain in the lower 48 U.S. states.
  6. A giant tree found only in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
  7. The process of supplying water to crops, essential in the Central Valley.
  8. A type of seaweed that creates underwater forests along California’s shores.
  9. Area where rivers branch and deposit rich soil before reaching the ocean.
Down
  1. A major desert in southeastern California, home to Joshua trees.
  2. A marine mammal that floats on its back and cracks shellfish.
  3. A major part of California’s economy, especially in natural parks and coastal cities.
  4. A sudden shake of the ground, common near the San Andreas Fault.
  5. The world’s tallest trees, found along Northern California’s coast.
  6. Famous national park in the Sierra Nevada with waterfalls and cliffs.

15 Clues: The tallest mountain in the lower 48 U.S. states. • Rich soil deposited by rivers, perfect for farming. • A giant tree found only in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. • A marine mammal that floats on its back and cracks shellfish. • California region known for extreme heat and little rainfall. • A major desert in southeastern California, home to Joshua trees. • ...

soil 2022-08-26

soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. provides lots of nutrients
  2. protects your garden
  3. something that keeps our garden watered
  4. can be found in deserts
  5. a liquid that gives our garden nutrients
  6. something that keeps our hands cleans
  7. something that we all need
Down
  1. medium particles
  2. a common garden pest
  3. a dark organic matter
  4. Where we plant our plants
  5. then main component of a garden
  6. a handy garden utensil
  7. a combination of three
  8. the main subject

15 Clues: medium particles • the main subject • a common garden pest • protects your garden • a dark organic matter • a handy garden utensil • a combination of three • can be found in deserts • Where we plant our plants • provides lots of nutrients • something that we all need • then main component of a garden • something that keeps our hands cleans • something that keeps our garden watered • ...

Soil 2020-10-10

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this crop grow well in clayey soil
  2. the uppermost layer of the earth's surface.
  3. the removal of the top fertile layer by wind or water(2 words)
  4. the farmer's friend that makes burrows in the soil.
  5. This nut grows well in sandy soil
  6. the type of soil used to lay roads
  7. the water present in soil
  8. the remains of dead and decayed plants and animals.
Down
  1. cutting down of naturally grown trees in large numbers
  2. all soil comes from these.
  3. the number of layers of soil
  4. This soil is best suited to grow fruits and vegetables
  5. the slow process by which rocks break down due to action of weather
  6. substances present in soil that help plants to grow well
  7. an animal that lives in the soil

15 Clues: the water present in soil • all soil comes from these. • the number of layers of soil • an animal that lives in the soil • This nut grows well in sandy soil • this crop grow well in clayey soil • the type of soil used to lay roads • the uppermost layer of the earth's surface. • the farmer's friend that makes burrows in the soil. • ...

Soil 2025-03-25

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The subsoil layer contains much of the original parent material that was weathered.
  2. Bacteria living in soil.
  3. Move soil and aid in soil turnover.
  4. Fertile, upper, outermost layer that is most important for plant growth.
  5. The rate at which soil passes through the soil.
  6. The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.
  7. Converts elements like nitrogen into a useable form for the plant.
Down
  1. The best type of soil for growing crops.
  2. An organic matter that improves the soil structure.
  3. Soil consists of blank number of components.
  4. (ECEC)The ability to store plant nutrients and resist pH changes.
  5. The top layer of only organic matter.
  6. The three particles in soil.
  7. Contains the original parent material that has not been weathered.
  8. Hard bedrock.

15 Clues: Hard bedrock. • Bacteria living in soil. • The three particles in soil. • Move soil and aid in soil turnover. • The top layer of only organic matter. • The best type of soil for growing crops. • Soil consists of blank number of components. • The rate at which soil passes through the soil. • An organic matter that improves the soil structure. • ...

Soil 2024-10-01

Soil crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The controlled removal and replacement of trees
  2. Soil type which can be found in upland areas.
  3. Water cannot pass through.
  4. When land is turned to desert.
  5. When forest-land is changed to non-forest land.
  6. Ireland's most common soil type.
  7. Brown Earth soils are associated with this forest type.
Down
  1. Gley soils are mainly used for _______ farming.
  2. Cemented nutrients at the bottom of the A Horizon.
  3. When crops are continuously grown on the land without rotation.
  4. Factor which influences temperature and rainfall.
  5. Dark, jelly-like substance.
  6. Also known as the C Horizon.
  7. Podzols are associated with this forest type.
  8. Helps to bind the soil together.

15 Clues: Water cannot pass through. • Dark, jelly-like substance. • Also known as the C Horizon. • When land is turned to desert. • Helps to bind the soil together. • Ireland's most common soil type. • Soil type which can be found in upland areas. • Podzols are associated with this forest type. • Gley soils are mainly used for _______ farming. • ...

Land Subtopic 5.2 2025-10-26

Land Subtopic 5.2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Interval when land is left unplanted to restore fertility naturally.
  2. Compression of soil particles reducing pore space, aeration, and water infiltration.
  3. Planting trees on cleared land to restore vegetation cover and stabilize soil.
  4. Capacity of soil to provide nutrients and support plant growth.
  5. Water flow over land surface when infiltration is insufficient, often causing erosion.
  6. Presence of toxic substances (pesticides, heavy metals, hydrocarbons) reducing soil biological activity and safety.
  7. Removal of trees and vegetation cover, leading to loss of root binding and increased erosion.
  8. Deep, wide channels carved by running water on unprotected slopes.
  9. Establishing forest cover on land not previously forested.
  10. Saturation of soil with water, displacing air and reducing oxygen availability for roots.
  11. Formation of small channels by concentrated water flow on slopes.
  12. Rows of trees or shrubs planted to reduce wind speed and protect soil.
  13. Covering the soil surface with organic material to reduce evaporation and erosion.
  14. Agricultural system avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, emphasizing compost and soil health.
  15. A broader form of windbreak designed to protect large agricultural areas.
  16. Strategies to prevent soil erosion and degradation, maintaining fertility and structure.
  17. Amount of stable organic matter improving soil structure and water retention.
  18. Continuous cropping that exhausts soil nutrients and structure without sufficient fallow or fertilization.
  19. Removal of topsoil by agents such as wind or water, reducing fertility and increasing sedimentation elsewhere.
  20. Speed at which water enters the soil surface; high in sandy soils, low in clays.
  21. Nutrient enrichment of water bodies by leached fertilizers, causing algal blooms and oxygen depletion.
  22. Coordinated approach combining conservation, fertilization, and crop practices to sustain soil productivity.
  23. Integration of trees with crops or livestock to enhance biodiversity, soil stability, and nutrient cycling.
  24. Mass of dry soil per unit volume, indicating compaction and porosity.
Down
  1. Cultivation along lines of equal elevation to reduce runoff and soil loss.
  2. Proportion of void spaces in soil affecting air and water movement.
  3. The soil’s capacity to recover structure, fertility, and function after disturbance.
  4. Use of organisms to detoxify polluted soils.
  5. Decrease in soil pH due to acid rain, fertilizers, or organic matter decomposition.
  6. Alternating crops on the same land to maintain nutrient balance and reduce pests.
  7. Mechanical turning or loosening of soil to prepare for planting; excessive tillage can cause erosion and compaction.
  8. Soil-free crop cultivation in nutrient solutions, avoiding soil degradation entirely.
  9. Accumulation of salts in the soil surface layer due to poor irrigation or drainage.
  10. The decline in soil quality and productivity due to natural or human factors such as erosion, compaction, salinization, or nutrient loss.
  11. Down-slope transport of soil or rock under gravity (e.g. landslides).
  12. Movement of dry, loose soil particles by wind; common in arid regions.
  13. Uniform removal of soil surface by rainfall and runoff.
  14. depletion Reduction of essential plant nutrients in soil, lowering fertility.
  15. Formation of a dense, hard layer on the soil surface due to raindrop impact or irrigation, impeding seedling growth.
  16. Agricultural practice of growing a single crop species over a large area, reducing biodiversity and resilience.
  17. Farming that meets current needs without compromising soil fertility or environmental integrity for the future.
  18. Plants grown between main crops to protect and enrich the soil, often legumes that fix nitrogen.
  19. Loss of soluble nutrients as they are washed downward by percolating water.
  20. The fertile uppermost soil layer rich in organic matter and nutrients; easily lost to erosion.
  21. The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically through drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
  22. Proportion of applied water actually used by crops; higher efficiency reduces salinization risk.
  23. System delivering water directly to plant roots, minimizing evaporation and salt buildup.
  24. Creation of stepped fields on slopes to slow water flow and reduce erosion.
  25. Strategic arrangement of human activities to minimize environmental degradation.
  26. Excessive grazing by livestock that damages vegetation and exposes soil to erosion.

50 Clues: Use of organisms to detoxify polluted soils. • Uniform removal of soil surface by rainfall and runoff. • Establishing forest cover on land not previously forested. • Capacity of soil to provide nutrients and support plant growth. • Formation of small channels by concentrated water flow on slopes. • ...

Soils 2022-11-16

Soils crossword puzzle
Across
  1. There are more than one type of it
  2. Organic matter present in soil
  3. The middle layer
  4. The top layer
Down
  1. a soil mixture with high clay content
  2. a person that is highly educated in a subject
  3. The last layer made out of rock

7 Clues: The top layer • The middle layer • Organic matter present in soil • The last layer made out of rock • There are more than one type of it • a soil mixture with high clay content • a person that is highly educated in a subject

Clay Crossword 2019-12-02

Clay Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sculpture material made mostly from dirt
  2. Two or more of these will make your glaze colors stronger
  3. Working on one of these can stop your clay from drying out
  4. The first step to preparing clay
  5. Bubbles of this inside the clay can ruin the sculpture
Down
  1. Sticks clay pieces together like glue
  2. A three dimensional piece of art
  3. A machine that heats up clay projects to harden them
  4. Clay left in the air will do this
  5. The type of paint used for clay projects

10 Clues: A three dimensional piece of art • The first step to preparing clay • Clay left in the air will do this • Sticks clay pieces together like glue • The type of paint used for clay projects • A sculpture material made mostly from dirt • A machine that heats up clay projects to harden them • Bubbles of this inside the clay can ruin the sculpture • ...

Ceramic Crossword Puzzle 2020-01-08

Ceramic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Base of ceramic form
  2. decomposed rock
  3. Device with rotating wheel
  4. Furnace for firing pottering
  5. Coating used to decorate and seal fired clay
  6. Creating ceramic shapes on potter’s wheel
  7. Cross hatch/moistening method to put together coils/slabs
  8. Heat clay object in kiln
Down
  1. Air dried clay-no moisture
  2. Clay rolled out into flat sheets
  3. Hard stage prior to bone dry
  4. Piece of clay rolled like rope/snake
  5. Kneading clay to expel air
  6. Shaping/Moving clay with fingers
  7. Liquid clay

15 Clues: Liquid clay • decomposed rock • Base of ceramic form • Heat clay object in kiln • Air dried clay-no moisture • Kneading clay to expel air • Device with rotating wheel • Hard stage prior to bone dry • Furnace for firing pottering • Clay rolled out into flat sheets • Shaping/Moving clay with fingers • Piece of clay rolled like rope/snake • Creating ceramic shapes on potter’s wheel • ...

Ancient Egypt 2015-09-25

Ancient Egypt crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Egyptian form of writing
  2. known for his building of temples and beautification of Egypt
  3. a series of rulers from a single family
  4. government headed by a king or queen
  5. first female pharaoh
Down
  1. burial tombs for pharaohs
  2. the river along which Ancient Egypt developed; provided Egypt with protection, water, and silt which fertilized the soil
  3. the process of bringing water to crop fields
  4. the rich soil left behind after flooding and the prosperous farming that this led to
  5. left behind on the soil after the Nile River flooded and made the soil highly fertile for farming
  6. a plant that was made into paper on which Egyptians wrote

11 Clues: first female pharaoh • burial tombs for pharaohs • the Egyptian form of writing • government headed by a king or queen • a series of rulers from a single family • the process of bringing water to crop fields • a plant that was made into paper on which Egyptians wrote • known for his building of temples and beautification of Egypt • ...

24. Gardening & Outdoor Items 2025-02-05

24. Gardening & Outdoor Items crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tool with long prongs used to gather leaves or smooth soil.
  2. A long, flexible tube that carries water for watering plants.
  3. Protective coverings for hands to keep them clean and safe while working.
  4. A small outdoor structure used for storing tools and gardening supplies.
  5. A substance added to soil to help plants grow stronger and healthier.
  6. The dark, rich material on the ground where plants grow.
  7. A small cart with one wheel used for carrying soil, plants, or tools.
  8. Can A container with a spout used to pour water on plants.
Down
  1. A paved outdoor area where people can sit and relax.
  2. A barrier made of wood, metal, or wire used to enclose an outdoor space.
  3. A small cutting tool used to trim branches and plants.
  4. A tool with a long handle and a flat, wide blade used for digging.
  5. A container used for growing plants and flowers.
  6. Small grains that grow into plants when placed in soil.
  7. Mower A machine used to cut grass and keep it short.

15 Clues: A container used for growing plants and flowers. • A paved outdoor area where people can sit and relax. • Mower A machine used to cut grass and keep it short. • A small cutting tool used to trim branches and plants. • Small grains that grow into plants when placed in soil. • The dark, rich material on the ground where plants grow. • ...

3rd grade Art Vocabulary 2024-03-07

3rd grade Art Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A recognizable part of something (such as Pikachu's lightning bolt tail or Squidward's large floppy nose)
  2. A horizontal band of relief sculpture on a wall or ceiling
  3. To create cloth by interlacing strings of fabric (like sheep wool or cotton)
  4. Shapes A shape created where something is not taking up space, such as the square shape made by the gap between table legs
  5. The dark shape of someone or something seen against a lighter background
  6. A 3D art form
  7. Art that has many different lines, shapes, colors, textures or values
  8. Shapes A shape of something that takes up space such as a chair or person
  9. The thread that is interlaced with the warp in order to create cloth
  10. Outline of something, usually someone's face, from the side
  11. Locking two things together by tying, twisting, or weaving in an over/under pattern
  12. A large oven used to bake clay
Down
  1. fine grained, sticky earth used to make pottery, sculpture, bricks, and even jewelry
  2. The lengthwise strands of fabric that are held tight on the loom
  3. Space Space filled by an object or living being
  4. and Score Making marks in clay and adding water in order to glue two pieces of clay together
  5. Clay that has been hardened through heat
  6. and Score Joining two pieces of clay together by scratching the clay and then adding water.
  7. The machine on which fabric is made by weaving thread
  8. Space The area around an object or living being
  9. Using a tool to take clay from one clay object and smooth it into another to allow the clay to stick together
  10. Sculpture An artwork that has 3D parts sticking out from a background
  11. Building Clay built by hand without a potter's wheel
  12. A way of folding clay in order to remove air bubbles for kiln fire clay and allow air dry clay to dry evenly
  13. Dishes or pots made from clay
  14. A Native American people from the South Western United States. They are known to have beautiful woven blankets, clothing, and rugs.

26 Clues: A 3D art form • Dishes or pots made from clay • A large oven used to bake clay • Clay that has been hardened through heat • Space Space filled by an object or living being • Space The area around an object or living being • The machine on which fabric is made by weaving thread • Building Clay built by hand without a potter's wheel • ...

soil types 2021-12-17

soil types crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slippery when wet, not grainy or rocky.
  2. made mostly of calcium carbonate from sediment
Down
  1. soil made of three main types of soil
  2. made of sand & varying amounts of silt & clay.
  3. soil made of slightly decomposed organic matter
  4. soil made of very fine mineral particles.

6 Clues: soil made of three main types of soil • slippery when wet, not grainy or rocky. • soil made of very fine mineral particles. • made of sand & varying amounts of silt & clay. • made mostly of calcium carbonate from sediment • soil made of slightly decomposed organic matter

7th Grade Clay Crossword 2022-05-19

7th Grade Clay Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. roughen up the clay.
  2. clay and water mixed together.
  3. a small bowl made of clay using a "pinching" technique
  4. type of clay that we are using
  5. material used to help secure clay parts together.
  6. a "math" shape
  7. attaching two pieces of clay together.
  8. a 3-dimensional square
Down
  1. where clay is stored to avoid air.
  2. Using your hands or clay tools to clean any dripping of the slip.
  3. an oven designed to heat up clay
  4. a 3-dimensional circle
  5. a 3-dimensional triangle
  6. a 3-Dimensional object that has height, width, & depth.
  7. when you can see through a shape it is considered...
  8. a freeform shape you might see in nature.
  9. when you CANNOT see through a shape, it is considered...

17 Clues: a "math" shape • roughen up the clay. • a 3-dimensional circle • a 3-dimensional square • a 3-dimensional triangle • clay and water mixed together. • type of clay that we are using • an oven designed to heat up clay • where clay is stored to avoid air. • attaching two pieces of clay together. • a freeform shape you might see in nature. • ...

Pottery and Ceramics 2025-10-23

Pottery and Ceramics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Raised circle at the base of a vessel
  2. Tool used to smooth and shape clay
  3. Method using flat sheets of clay joined together
  4. Second firing that melts glaze to glass
  5. Colored slip applied for surface design
  6. Flat disc placed on the potters wheel
  7. Kneading clay to remove air bubbles
  8. White translucent high fire clay body
Down
  1. Durable mid to high fire clay body
  2. Technique building forms with rolled clay ropes
  3. Technique of shaping clay on a spinning wheel
  4. Liquid clay used for joining and decoration
  5. Porous low fire clay body
  6. First low temperature firing of clay
  7. Furnace used to fire clay objects

15 Clues: Porous low fire clay body • Furnace used to fire clay objects • Durable mid to high fire clay body • Tool used to smooth and shape clay • Kneading clay to remove air bubbles • First low temperature firing of clay • Raised circle at the base of a vessel • Flat disc placed on the potters wheel • White translucent high fire clay body • Second firing that melts glaze to glass • ...

Nature 2020-01-09

Nature crossword puzzle
Across
  1. salty,there are waves
  2. have many root,have many shady tree
  3. has seven colors
  4. lower than a mountain
  5. in the middle of the sea,have land
  6. hard,heavy
  7. inteligent mind,living things,not animals and plant
  8. shallow,flow continuously
Down
  1. grow every,rooted fibers
  2. humus,clay
  3. emitting its own light,there during the day
  4. high,conical
  5. mindless creature,not human and plant
  6. the water is calm,in the middle of the forest
  7. liquid,clear color

15 Clues: humus,clay • hard,heavy • high,conical • has seven colors • liquid,clear color • salty,there are waves • lower than a mountain • grow every,rooted fibers • shallow,flow continuously • in the middle of the sea,have land • have many root,have many shady tree • mindless creature,not human and plant • emitting its own light,there during the day • ...

Science 2 p.56-93 2024-10-23

Science 2 p.56-93 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where plants and animals live
  2. after the larva stage
  3. long period of no rain
  4. a place to get out of the weather
  5. fully grown
  6. wants to hurt you
  7. eaten by other animals
  8. eats other animals
  9. the finest soil
Down
  1. a body part or way of acting
  2. past remains, can be found in stone
  3. full of grass such as fields, parks, yards
  4. a hole dug underground like what moles make
  5. caterpillar stage
  6. to blend in to the surroundings

15 Clues: fully grown • the finest soil • caterpillar stage • wants to hurt you • eats other animals • after the larva stage • long period of no rain • eaten by other animals • a body part or way of acting • where plants and animals live • to blend in to the surroundings • a place to get out of the weather • past remains, can be found in stone • full of grass such as fields, parks, yards • ...

Noble Grapes Ib 2024-05-03

Noble Grapes Ib crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Common blending grape with Sauvignon Blanc
  2. Common aroma and taste of Sauvignon Blanc
  3. Famous sweet Sauvignon Blanc
  4. Merlot thought to start here
  5. Mistaken for Merlot
  6. _______Sauvignon World's most popular wine
  7. From Nantes to Sancerre
  8. Cork taint
  9. Napa of South America
  10. Sauvignon _____ pinkish grey berries
  11. Famous pricey Merlot winemaker
Down
  1. French wine region for Sauvignon Blanc
  2. Opposite to Sancerre
  3. Second most planted red grape
  4. When Sauvignon Blanc is influenced by wood
  5. Central Coast AVA
  6. Sauvignon Blanc capital of the world
  7. Wine region that includes Napa and Sonoma
  8. Parent to Sauvignon Blanc
  9. Soil that Merlot prefers

20 Clues: Cork taint • Central Coast AVA • Mistaken for Merlot • Opposite to Sancerre • Napa of South America • From Nantes to Sancerre • Soil that Merlot prefers • Parent to Sauvignon Blanc • Famous sweet Sauvignon Blanc • Merlot thought to start here • Second most planted red grape • Famous pricey Merlot winemaker • Sauvignon Blanc capital of the world • Sauvignon _____ pinkish grey berries • ...

Agriculture 2025-11-20

Agriculture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fat milk
  2. the hard covering of a goats foot
  3. animals grown for food or other products
  4. collecting crops
  5. a community of living things
  6. the sound or cry a goat makes
  7. a fertile soil made up of sand, silt and clay
  8. a young goat
  9. an adult female goat
  10. Eggs
  11. orange skinny cone
  12. something a goat eats
Down
  1. Chicken
  2. a varity of living things in an envoirment
  3. A round ornage veggie harvested in Autum
  4. Sheep with horns baaaa
  5. cow
  6. a place where people establish a community
  7. an adult male goat
  8. the practice of growing animals and crops

20 Clues: cow • Eggs • Chicken • Fat milk • a young goat • collecting crops • an adult male goat • orange skinny cone • an adult female goat • something a goat eats • Sheep with horns baaaa • a community of living things • the sound or cry a goat makes • the hard covering of a goats foot • A round ornage veggie harvested in Autum • animals grown for food or other products • ...

ES Vocab Ailine PC 2024-02-19

ES Vocab Ailine PC crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot Fluid
  2. Naturally occurring solid material
  3. Breakdown of rock by acidic water to produce clay and soluble salts
  4. Compares the composition of sand, silt, and clay within the soil
  5. Color of mineral in its powdered form
  6. Separation of successive thin shells, or spalls, from massive rock such as granite or basalt
Down
  1. Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth.
  2. Physical property used by mineralogists to help identify minerals
  3. Solid inorganic substance
  4. Geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces

10 Clues: Hot Fluid • Solid inorganic substance • Naturally occurring solid material • Color of mineral in its powdered form • Compares the composition of sand, silt, and clay within the soil • Physical property used by mineralogists to help identify minerals • Breakdown of rock by acidic water to produce clay and soluble salts • ...

Pyramids of the Nile 2021-10-02

Pyramids of the Nile crossword puzzle
Across
  1. God of light
  2. Egyptian god kings
  3. carving
  4. Greek historian
  5. longest river
  6. Brought rich soil
  7. famous pyramid
  8. worn by king of lower Egypt
  9. way to preserve the body
  10. the oldest known physician
Down
  1. writing with pictures
  2. Seperated two sides
  3. united all of Egypt
  4. word by king of upper Egypt
  5. to get from one place to the next
  6. the third dynasty
  7. Churning rapids
  8. sacred
  9. took care of crops
  10. Brought, marshy triangle
  11. Resting place

21 Clues: sacred • carving • God of light • longest river • Resting place • famous pyramid • Greek historian • Churning rapids • the third dynasty • Brought rich soil • Egyptian god kings • took care of crops • Seperated two sides • united all of Egypt • writing with pictures • Brought, marshy triangle • way to preserve the body • the oldest known physician • word by king of upper Egypt • ...

Alex's puzzler! 2013-11-17

Alex's puzzler! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Word that makes your tongue feel funny when you pronounce it.
  2. The evilest average.
  3. The hardest word in this whole crossword.
  4. A long three letter word.
  5. Quack Quack! I'm a cow!
  6. The opposite of a mango.
Down
  1. The gummy sweet made from pigs' trotters.
  2. Famous Greek philosopher.
  3. rich cake.
  4. You might not get this one.
  5. Is it black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
  6. German for glock.
  7. TV programme including the Flanders family.
  8. Slice of pig.

14 Clues: rich cake. • Slice of pig. • German for glock. • The evilest average. • Quack Quack! I'm a cow! • The opposite of a mango. • Famous Greek philosopher. • A long three letter word. • You might not get this one. • The gummy sweet made from pigs' trotters. • The hardest word in this whole crossword. • TV programme including the Flanders family. • ...

Clay Vocabulary Review 2022-04-06

Clay Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The clay has been fired and ready for glazing
  2. This allows the clay, mixed with water, to form into any shape or size
  3. This tool is used to help creating holes in clay
  4. This stage of clay lets you manipulate the clay into different shapes
  5. Sculpted pieces of clay are bonded to a solid background
  6. This element makes up 14% of the compound of clay
  7. The clay that is formed in a flat sheet
  8. This element makes up 40% of the compound of clay
Down
  1. hard This stage of clay details can be carved with ease
  2. Technique that in Italian translates "to scratch"
  3. The tool used to create designs or cut out shapes with
  4. The machine that fires the clay
  5. This tool is used to "scratch & attach" pieces of clay together
  6. This stage of clay has 0% of water and the clay is delicate and is ready to be fired
  7. This element makes up 46% of the compound of clay

15 Clues: The machine that fires the clay • The clay that is formed in a flat sheet • The clay has been fired and ready for glazing • This tool is used to help creating holes in clay • Technique that in Italian translates "to scratch" • This element makes up 14% of the compound of clay • This element makes up 46% of the compound of clay • ...

Arcelia social studies corssword 2025-08-12

Arcelia social studies corssword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. growing plants without soil, using nutrient-rich water instead.
  2. taxes on imported or exported goods.
  3. unlimited / having no limit or end
  4. not enough to meet demand
  5. supplying water land or crops to help them grow
Down
  1. goods or services brought into a country from another country for sale or use.
  2. water stored underground is soil, sand or rock
  3. underground layer of rock or soil that holds water.
  4. to use up
  5. removing the salt from saltwater

10 Clues: to use up • not enough to meet demand • removing the salt from saltwater • unlimited / having no limit or end • taxes on imported or exported goods. • water stored underground is soil, sand or rock • supplying water land or crops to help them grow • underground layer of rock or soil that holds water. • growing plants without soil, using nutrient-rich water instead. • ...

Christmas present 2023-12-22

Christmas present crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Something you wear to protect your clothes
  2. To bring something into existence
  3. What Luigi and Gooigi kill lots of
  4. cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription
Down
  1. An oven to harden clay
  2. Colourful substances used to make art
  3. A tool used for arts and crafts
  4. propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand
  5. a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine
  6. A type of fine-grained natural soil

10 Clues: An oven to harden clay • A tool used for arts and crafts • To bring something into existence • What Luigi and Gooigi kill lots of • A type of fine-grained natural soil • Colourful substances used to make art • Something you wear to protect your clothes • a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine • ...

Ceramics Vocabulary 2025-01-15

Ceramics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
  2. is that quality of clay that allows it to be easily manipulated and still maintain its shape.
  3. refers to anything made from clay.
  4. the heating of clay or glaze to an extreme temperature to make it rock-hard.
  5. clay that is stiff, but is still damp.
  6. an oven for firing clay.
  7. when long ropes of clay of equal thickness are used to build a ceramic object.
  8. ceramics that are bone dry but have not been fired.
  9. when clay is pulled and pinched in order to shape an object. It is the oldest form of ceramic handbuilding.
Down
  1. watery clay used to “glue” two pieces of clay together.
  2. the process of kneading, folding and rolling clay to remove air pockets to make day smooth and consistent.
  3. and used to construct a ceramic object.
  4. an earthy mineral substance that is plastic when wet and hard and rock-like when fired.
  5. chemicals that react to extreme temperatures to produce a variety of colors and surfaces.
  6. where flat pieces of clay of equal thickness that are cut Into
  7. the process of roughening up the surface of clay with a tool in order to join two pieces of clay together.

16 Clues: an oven for firing clay. • refers to anything made from clay. • clay that is stiff, but is still damp. • and used to construct a ceramic object. • clay that has been fired once, unglazed. • ceramics that are bone dry but have not been fired. • watery clay used to “glue” two pieces of clay together. • where flat pieces of clay of equal thickness that are cut Into • ...