Across
- 2. Resource: are substances we obtaion from nature for human use.
- 6. matter: is matter composed of organic compounds that has come from the remains of organisms such as plants and animals and their waste products in the environment.
- 9. is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the myriad of organisms that together support plant life.
- 10. a layer of soil or rock, or a set of strata, with particular characteristics.
- 12. is the action of exogenic processes (such as water flow or wind) which remove soil and rock from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it to another location where it is deposited.
- 13. existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.
- 16. science: the branch of science concerned with the formation, nature, ecology, and classification of soils.
- 18. is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
- 19. a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.
Down
- 1. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
- 3. is the extraction of certain materials from a carrier into a liquid (usually, but not always a solvent). Specifically, it may refer to.
- 4. is consolidated rock underlying the surface of a terrestrial planet, usually the Earth
- 5. a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
- 7. is the name given to the Earth's atmosphere.
- 8. is defined as a vertical section of the soil from the ground surface downwards to where the soil meets the underlying rock.
- 11. material : Parent material is the underlying geological material (generally bedrock or a superficial or drift deposit) in which soil horizons form.
- 14. cultivation of land
- 15. the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers.
- 17. is granular material of a size somewhere between sand and clay whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.
