Canadian Society of Soil Science Celebrates #WorldSoilDay

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041
Across
  1. 2. needing oxygen
  2. 8. plant, important advice
  3. 11. defect, something a geologist might say
  4. 12. soil of past geological period
  5. 14. cultivate as soil
  6. 15. study of crop production
  7. 16. dredge up
  8. 17. acid soil contents
  9. 22. fertile soil of clay and sand, containing humus
  10. 24. Chernozem's salty alter ego
  11. 25. fungal hyphae
  12. 26. eats away, as soil
  13. 30. secret resistance
  14. 32. a soil fertilizer
  15. 35. pleasant smell after rain
  16. 36. get the latest scoop
  17. 37. tropical soil
  18. 38. decomposer
  19. 39. chemical, soil smell
  20. 40. measure of void space
  21. 41. study of living organisms
Down
  1. 1. rot, break down
  2. 3. accumulation of material
  3. 4. sand, silt, clay deposits by stream
  4. 5. layer
  5. 6. centipede, nematode, mite
  6. 7. variety of life
  7. 9. stronger than dirt
  8. 10. excess nutrient addition to fresh water
  9. 13. soil particles less than 0.002 millimeter diameter
  10. 18. removal of substances by leaching
  11. 19. acronym, humic and non-humic
  12. 20. charts, colour coding
  13. 21. decomposed leaves, etc
  14. 22. moss cousin
  15. 23. valued resource
  16. 27. period of dry weather
  17. 28. greenhouse gas
  18. 29. entry of water into soil
  19. 31. penicillin, for example
  20. 33. indicated by differences in horizons
  21. 34. turn soil by machine
  22. 35. study of soil