SOIL FORMATION AND POLLUTION
Across
- 3. reacts with carbonate minerals in the rock
- 4. a light and moisture retentive soil type with a high fertility rating
- 7. made up of igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rock
- 9. when oxygen reacts with the minerals of a rock
- 10. is light, warm, dry and tend to be acidic and low in nutrients.
Down
- 1. results from the alternating freezing and thawing of water
- 2. get rid off insects and bacteria from the crop
- 5. fertile soil
- 6. it consists of slightly broken-up bedrock
- 8. a heavy soil type that benefits from high nutrients