Soil science
Across
- 3. rocks formed from molten magma
- 5. having two or more pedons within the limits of a single soil series
- 7. when colour patterns form by the oxidation and reduction of iron or manganese caused by saturated conditions in the soil
- 8. rocks formed from other rocks
- 9. grassland soils, soft very organic surface layers, High fertility, and high in nutrients
- 10. fan-shaped deposit of sediment
- 12. poorly formed indistinct peds
- 15. beginning of B horizon
- 17. recent undeveloped soils
- 19. loose mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth
- 20. loose and partly weathered mineral materials accumulated by disintegration of consolidated rock
- 21. an imaginery 3d unit of a soil
- 22. the layer of loose rocky material covering bedrock
- 23. inputs of materials to the developing soil
- 25. where material that settles near the mouth of a river
Down
- 1. medium and fine grains of sand that are picked up by strong winds and piled into hills
- 2. special physical properties of soil
- 4. what does SMR stand for
- 6. clay-rich soils which swell or shrink with moisture
- 11. river valley that is disturbed during a flood
- 13. is material deposited directly by ice.
- 14. mineral surface noted for its dark colour with accumulated organic matter
- 16. leaching to groundwater, erosion of surface materials, or other forms of removal
- 18. vertical section from surface residual materials
- 24. formed when weathering products released from older rocks collect under water