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  1. 4. layers of molecules that are deliberately applied to surfaces
  2. 5. Single unit of soil which is aggregated into granular, platy, blocky, prismatic, or columnar structure.
  3. 6. a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.
  4. 8. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
  5. 11. the proportion of sand, silt and clay sized particles that make up the mineral fraction of the soil.
  6. 12. 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. 13. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
  8. 15. the development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy.
  9. 16. a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together.
  10. 19. drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
  11. 20. Soil texture can be identified using the ____
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  1. 1. the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments
  2. 2. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.
  3. 3. a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts.
  4. 7. the breeding of specimens of a plant or animal by natural processes from the parent stock
  5. 9. a term for the general physical, chemical, and mineralogical composition of the unconsolidated material, mineral or organic, in which soil forms.
  6. 10. having or developing buds.
  7. 14. reduced tillage
  8. 17. short for monocotyledon.
  9. 18. a liquid (e.g., oil or water) with which pigments are mixed to make paint.