Can You Dig It?

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Across
  1. 1. a soil with a relatively even mixture of clay, sand, and silt
  2. 3. describes the physical, chemical, and biological processes that break down rocks and minerals into smaller particles
  3. 8. Salinization in arid regions, water evaporates leaving salts behind. (ex. Fertile crescent, southwestern US)
  4. 10. a hard layer that resists the infiltration of water and penetration of roots
  5. 11. the A horizon, consists of mostly inorganic mineral compounds, best for plants
  6. 14. when the water table rises to the point where it bathes the plants
Down
  1. 1. the process whereby solid particles dissolved in liquid are transported to another location
  2. 2. a loss of more than 10% productivity due to many factors
  3. 4. Pin are spikes that can be used to measure the amount of erosion in an area
  4. 5. material base geological material in a particular location. Ex: volcanic ash
  5. 6. Bowl a historical event in the 1930s, great windstorms in the Great Plains picked up much dust which caused many farmers to move
  6. 7. a dark, spongy, crumbly mass of material made up of complex organic material
  7. 9. the arrival of eroded material at its new location
  8. 12. the continuous mass of solid rock that makes up the Earth’s crust
  9. 13. a layer of soil; Ex: O, A, E, B, C, R