4.1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers
  2. 8. An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope.
  3. 9. Change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
  4. 15. The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material from which the soil is
  5. 18. Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals
  6. 19. The group of processes whereby earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed
  7. 21. A size term denoting particles, regardless of mineral composition
  8. 23. Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
  9. 25. Slope of the land and the position on the landscape, such as the top of a hill, a hillside
  10. 27. The artificial application of water to soil to increase plant production
  11. 28. Process of removing soil from the surface.
  12. 29. Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter
Down
  1. 1. Process of soil deposited due to erosion
  2. 2. The addition of sediment, as by flowing water
  3. 3. The long-term average weather conditions
  4. 4. Mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated
  5. 5. The extent of voids or openings in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil peds or clods.
  6. 6. To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace
  7. 10. A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt
  8. 11. Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.002-0.5mm.
  9. 12. Decrease in the volume of sediments due to compressive stress
  10. 13. An elongated, erosional depression usually occupied by a stream with a downward slope
  11. 14. Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil
  12. 16. The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
  13. 17. The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants
  14. 20. Any living individual, whether plant or animal.
  15. 22. Matter found in, or produced by, living animals and plants
  16. 24. Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration
  17. 26. To gather or collect