Dirt to Soil Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. The process of using a tractor with an implement to break up the surface of the soil.
  2. 5. To kill unwanted plant life, like weeds.
  3. 7. Decomposers that help with biodiversity and aeration of the soil.
  4. 10. Diversity of life
  5. 13. The process of carrying away soil by wind or water.
  6. 14. National Resources Conservation Service
  7. 16. To produce/ grow only 1 type of crop.
  8. 17. Adding a surface layer of debri to the soil
  9. 18. Producing food in such a way that future generations have quality resources
Down
  1. 1. A process of breaking down dead and decomposing matter by adding water and turning it.
  2. 2. To lower the quality of a product, or soil.
  3. 4. Chemicals used to kill unwanted insects.
  4. 6. A process that adds air to the soil.
  5. 8. A process to turning productive healthy soil into a desert with little nutrients.
  6. 9. To grow a second crop in-between the first, they will have different harvest times.
  7. 11. Something Good, it helps something else.
  8. 12. A type of plant that "Fixes" Nitrogen from the air into the soil.
  9. 15. Insects that are good for plants, they help pollination.
  10. 19. United States Department of Agriculture