Unit 8 Vocabulary Cross Word Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. changing from a liquid to a vapor or gas.
  2. 6. water added until all the spaces or pores are filled.
  3. 8. removal of soil to form relatively narrow and deep trenches known as gullies.
  4. 11. plant material that remains when a plant dies or is harvested.
  5. 13. wearing away.
  6. 14. water-bearing rock formation.
  7. 15. level line around a hill in which all points along the line are the same elevation.
  8. 16. material that supplies nutrients for plants.
  9. 18. town having a harbor for ships to take on cargo.
  10. 19. movement of water to surface, to atmosphere, to surface.
  11. 20. close-growing crop planted to protect the soil and prevent erosion.
  12. 22. water that is held too tightly by soil particles for plant roots to absorb.
  13. 23. level below which soil is saturated or filled with water.
  14. 24. material that dissolves or otherwise changes most other materials.
Down
  1. 1. water that flows from the land to oceans and contains little or no salt.
  2. 3. addition of water to plants to supplement that provided by rain or snow.
  3. 4. strip of grass growing in the low area of a field where water can gather and cause erosion.
  4. 5. water that drains out of soil after it has been wetted.
  5. 7. water that flows up the mouth of a river as the ocean tide rises and comes in.
  6. 9. removal of soil from broad areas of the land.
  7. 10. seed is planted directly into the residue of the previous crop, without exposing the soil surface.
  8. 12. interdependence of plants or animals on each other for food.
  9. 17. amount and type of nutrients in the soil.
  10. 18. a chemical action that results in the dropout of solids in a solution.
  11. 21. water that drains out of soil after it has been wetted.