Soils- Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sized particles that make up the mineral fraction of the soil
  2. 5. desirable proportions of plant nutrients, chemicals, and living organisms
  3. 7. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
  4. 10. a soil layer that corresponds to the B Horizon that is composed almost entirely of mineral
  5. 11. the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous
  6. 13. matter that contains a large amount of carbon based compounds
  7. 14. a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles
Down
  1. 1. element essential for normal body functions
  2. 2. medium sized particles of organic matter
  3. 3. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere
  4. 4. a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A,B,C that have been subjected to soil forming
  5. 6. silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind blown dust
  6. 8. all the pores in a rock; the volume of such pores
  7. 9. proportions of organic matter, fine mineral particles
  8. 12. largest soil particles