Soil Terms

2. Supply soil with air
4. A mixture of loam, peat, sand, and nutrients, used as a growing medium for plants in containers.
6. Naturally-occurring mineral composed of shiny flakes, used to keep moisture in soil
7. Type of soil made with a balance of the three main types of soil: sand, silt, and clay soil.
8. Type of soil that is comprised mostly of calcium carbonate from sediment that has built up over time. It is usually shallow, stony, and dries out quickly.
9. Type of soil made from decomposed organic materials that form over thousands of years.
10. moss that grows in dense masses on boggy ground, where the lower parts decay slowly to form peat deposits
12. A mixture that contains topsoil as well as forested products, which is essentially wood.

1. Natural process by which water moves across, through, and out of the soil as a result of the force of gravity.
3. Type of soil that is comprised of very fine mineral particles and not much organic material. The resulting soil is quite sticky
4. amorphous volcanic glass typically formed by the hydration of obsidian, used for aeration and drainage in soil
5. Type of soil with a gritty texture made out of sand particles from weathered rocks
11. This type of soil is the intermediary between sandy and clay soils. It is slippery when wet, not grainy or rocky.