Soil Intro Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Logged Soil water is unable to drain
  2. 3. Percolation Movement of water through soil itself
  3. 5. built up layer of organic matter
  4. 8. soil particles are pressed together
  5. 11. Matter living and nonliving plants, animals, and microorganisms in soil
  6. 16. downward entry of water into soil
  7. 17. Soil to much rain causing loss of plant nutrients within a soil
  8. 18. Flying mammal
  9. 19. Man's best friend
Down
  1. 2. Has a trunk
  2. 4. Measure of acidity or alkalinity of soil
  3. 6. Organisms bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, algae, protozoa, and nematodes
  4. 7. Structure the way sand,silt, and clay are assembled into soil
  5. 9. Weathering Physical break down of rock through things like climate, water, and wind
  6. 10. altering chemical elements within a soil to improve plant growth
  7. 12. Horizons soil layers
  8. 13. Likes to chase mice
  9. 14. Large marsupial
  10. 15. Texture proportion of sand silt and clay within a soil