Section 5.3 CW
Across
- 2. The ability to grow crops in soil
- 5. Type of fast growing crop that covers soil
- 8. Corn then soybean then corn, for example
- 10. Breakdown of organic material
- 11. Chemical to kill maggots, for example
- 13. Replacing slopes with terraces
- 15. Region in USA badly affected by poor soil management
- 16. The process of making soil more acidic
- 18. Break down of soil structure by hand or heavy machinery; first step in growing crops
- 20. Line of trees between fields
Down
- 1. One crop
- 3. Spreading water over soil to water crops
- 4. Expansion of cities/towns over time
- 6. Type of farming that is perpendicular to the slope
- 7. Ability of water to enter or leave soil
- 9. Removal of select trees or large forest patches
- 11. Measure of H and OH ions in a soil
- 12. What occurs when water evaporates on the soil surface
- 14. Removal of soil particles from one area to another
- 17. The reduction in quality of soil
- 19. Too many cows on one field