E7.1-E7.2 Focused Crossword
Across
- 2. The excess growth of aquatic life.
- 4. What replaces nutrients?
- 6. What is a major cause of salinization due to the rise of water table.
- 8. The chemical substance used to control number of plants, weeds, and fungi.
- 11. Soil is the vital par of the earth that is a _____ mixture.
- 13. Mixture of non-living organic components present in soil in various stages of decomposition from chemical and biological action on plant matter.
- 14. What energy is used to convert carbon dioxide to sugar by plants and algae.
Down
- 1. The weathering of the rocks due to its breakdown by ______ create soil.
- 3. What is used in plant cell wall synthesis.
- 5. What substance provides better harvest by killing insect pests.
- 7. The removal of essential nutrients and minerals from the soil food web by crops that grow and harvested leading to soil degradation.
- 9. What is the largest inorganic component in soil.
- 10. Which element controls the water that enters via osmosis.
- 12. What is the structure of silicon(IV) oxide.
- 13. Accumulation of water soluble ions.