Soil and Water

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Across
  1. 5. a group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt, ranging in size from 2.00 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter.
  2. 6. unweathered hard rock that lied directly beneath the soil layer or beneath superficial geological deposits, such as glacial drift.
  3. 9. the relative portion of sand, silt, and clay particle.
  4. 10. the mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland.
  5. 11. cover, any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
  6. 12. the process of soil deposited due
  7. 14. matter, matter found in or produced by, living animals and plants, which contains carbon, hydrogen,
  8. 16. the act or process of separating a solid from a liquid.
  9. 18. to the direction of flow of the occupying stream, and includes both bottomland and slopes.
  10. 20. any living animal or plant
  11. 22. or submicroscopic organism.
  12. 24. The addition of sediment, as by flowing water.
  13. 25. growth by continuous addition
  14. 27. to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace.
  15. 29. the removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
  16. 30. Process of removing soil from the surface.
  17. 31. small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 0.002 millimeters.
  18. 32. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses orconsiderable quantities in nature.
  19. 33. soil, soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals, usually containing less than 20 percent
Down
  1. 1. the color difference on a mass of moderately poorly drained soil.
  2. 2. The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and
  3. 3. material, the horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is formed.
  4. 4. accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
  5. 7. deposition above them.
  6. 8. and often nitrogen and sulfur.
  7. 12. the process of being supplied with air.
  8. 13. a size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition, with diameter less than 2 microns.
  9. 15. change in form, appearance, nature, or character
  10. 17. The artificial application of water to the soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.
  11. 19. an organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope; a
  12. 21. Decrease in volume of sediments, as a result of compressive stress, usually resulting from
  13. 23. the sum total of all atmospheric or meteorological influences, principally temperature, moisture, wind, pressure, and evaporation
  14. 26. an elongated, erosional depression usually occupied by a stream that has a downward slope
  15. 28. a chemical compound or element of inorganic origin.
  16. 32. from any part of the earth’s surface.