Soils Review (1-19)

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Across
  1. 2. Subsurface drainage removes water from the plant ____.
  2. 3. Void spaces in soil are known as ____.
  3. 4. Hydraulic Conductivity is a quantitive measure of how easily ___ flows through soil.
  4. 6. _____ is soil which contains all 3 types of soil particles in equal amounts.
  5. 10. One of the three types of water found in soil is ____.
  6. 11. Agriculture depends on soil for_____.
  7. 12. ___ soil has a pH below seven and alkaline, or basic, soil has a pH above seven.
  8. 13. The ability of the pores of soil to hold water which is available for plant use is called ___ ____.
  9. 14. The solutions ability to carry a current is called ______ conductivity, or EC.
  10. 15. Organisms require more carbon than______.
  11. 17. Soil is often used for recycling and treatment for human and livestock_____.
Down
  1. 1. ____ _____ _____ is a measure of the quantity of cations which can be absorbed and held by a soil.
  2. 5. ___ ____ is the removal of excess water.
  3. 7. Soil physical properties are the basic soil _________.
  4. 8. ___ _____ is defined as dry weight of soil per unit volume of soil and indicates the degree of structure or compaction present in soil.
  5. 9. Organisms prefer soil with ___ organic matter.
  6. 14. Soil with large pores will not ___ easily.
  7. 16. Aggregates are bound together by ____ matter.