Soil Lab: Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. What does C stand for in texture stand.
  2. 5. What deposit improves productivity
  3. 6. Soil pit should reach a minimum of?
  4. 7. Frequent horizon found under Ae
  5. 8. What does C stand for.
  6. 10. How is Loess particles deposited?
  7. 11. What horizon is the least modified
  8. 13. What proportion of and average soil has 25%.
  9. 14. Process of forming distinct layers.
  10. 16. What does Ck stand for.
  11. 17. The formation of mottles is considered what type of soil formation process.
  12. 19. Loess is typically?
  13. 20. What kind of material is the C horizon
  14. 24. What does Ae stand for.
  15. 27. Jack pine are typically more suited to______ deposits.
  16. 29. Where is the air in the soil typically found.
  17. 34. Capillary water moves in____ direction.
  18. 35. Name one thing that can affect infiltration that starts with the letter C.
  19. 36. What size particle does fast moving water deposit
  20. 37. What does L stand for in texture stand.
  21. 39. what kind of soil usually limits rooting dept for plants?
  22. 40. Movement through the soil of materials brought into suspension or dissolved by the action of water.
  23. 42. What color is illouviated soil.
  24. 43. How deep is a shallow soil.
Down
  1. 1. A ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
  2. 3. What proportion of and average soil has 5%.
  3. 4. Big mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly.
  4. 7. Unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
  5. 8. Bedrock is consolidated. What is soil.
  6. 9. What is found along the bottom of the texture triangle "Horizontal"
  7. 12. Composed of organic, mineral, and water. Capable of supporting plant growth.
  8. 15. What color is the organic matter.
  9. 16. What type of soil has the least amount of available air.
  10. 18. Glaciofluvial is deposition by ?
  11. 21. Where is hygroscopic found?
  12. 22. In what type of deposit are you most likely to find loam.
  13. 23. What proportion of and average soil has 25%.
  14. 25. Deposit containing sorted fine textured material
  15. 26. Gravitation water moves in_____ direction.
  16. 28. What does Si stand for in texture stand.
  17. 30. What color would you find in the B horizon.
  18. 31. Serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
  19. 32. What proportion of and average soil has 45%.
  20. 33. Parent material is also known as ?
  21. 38. What horizon is the most modified
  22. 41. Predominantly mineral soil horizons are labeled?