4.1 Soil Glossary Crossword

4. An organism so small that it cannot be seen clearly without the use of a microscope
6. A group of textural classes in which the particles are finer than gravel but coarser than silt.
9. The mineral and organic surface of the earth capable of supporting upland plants.
10. The long-term average weather conditions.
11. earthy or rock material is worn away, loosened, or dissolved and removed from any part of the earth’s surface.
15. Any living individual whether plant or animal.
16. The artificial application of water to soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.
17. particles, regardless of mineral composition, with diameter less than 2 microns.
18. Mineral matter of variable composition, assembled in masses or quantities in nature.
20. Process of soil deposited due to erosion.
22. To move or transfer from one place to another.
25. Atmospheric action on rock surfaces producing decomposition, disintegration, or alteration of rocks.
27. Any vegetation that grows close to the ground, producing protection for the soil.
29. Small, mineral, soil particle, ranging in diameter from 0.5 to 0.002 millimeters.

1. Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers.
2. The removal of soluble constituents from soils or other materials by percolating water.
3. Accumulation of water-worn pebbles larger than two millimeters in diameter.
4. Soil whose properties are dominated by soil minerals.
5. The horizon of weathered rock or partially weathered soil material.
7. The addition of sediment, by flowing water.
8. To gather or collect.
12. Decrease in volume of sediments, as a result of compressive stress.
13. Slope of the land and the position on the landscape.
14. Change in form, appearance, nature.
19. Color difference on a mass of moderately poorly drained soil.
21. An elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains.
23. Matter found or produced by, living animals and plants
24. Designating the inorganic nature of a substance.
26. Refers to the extent of voids in the soil that exist between soil particles and soil clods. These pores hold water and air for absorption by plant roots.
28. Process of removing soil from the surface.