Across
- 5. refers to rainfall and temperature
- 7. unit that represent the entire soil body
- 10. upper limit
- 12. they are experience intense weathering
- 14. it is parallel to the surface
- 17. originate from plants that have died or shed their leaves
- 18. is the washing away of the top layer of soil
- 20. group of pedons
- 22. it lacks any horizon development
- 23. what is OR in CLORPTT
- 25. the materials underlying the soil and from which the soil developed
- 28. referred to as subsoil
Down
- 1. referred to as topsoil
- 2. they bulldozed rocks,minerals and soil in front of them
- 3. loose surface of the earth
- 4. refer to sediments carried by fresh water but deposit in salt water
- 6. can suggest soil properties that may influence plants
- 8. a vertical section of the soil extending vertically through all its horizon
- 9. formed as massive ice sheets, moving across north america
- 10. refers to anything that cause contamination of soil
- 11. what is the 25% in component definition
- 12. what is the 5% in component definition
- 13. is the main biotic factor
- 15. known as hard rock
- 16. it determines the degree to which the other soil forming factors express themselves
- 19. layers dominated by organic material
- 21. contains very high amounts of negative charge
- 24. farming is an alternative agricultural system in reaction to rapidly changing farming practices
- 26. a point in which catastrophic event is completed
- 27. lower limit
