ES Chapter 12 Soils Review

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Across
  1. 2. type of land used to grow crops
  2. 4. soil consisting of mostly sand and some clay
  3. 7. dead organic material
  4. 8. soil addition
  5. 12. breaking down
  6. 13. action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location
  7. 14. increased soil salt content
  8. 15. soil ________ equates to flexibility
  9. 16. here fishy fishy fishy
  10. 18. availability of food and individuals' accessibility to it, where accessibility includes affordability
  11. 23. OAEBCR profiles
  12. 24. a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife
  13. 26. wind erosion fueled event
  14. 28. Most common soil type from the pyramid
Down
  1. 1. cross section of soil
  2. 3. area of biology involving living systems and organisms to develop or make products
  3. 5. type of grazing that reverses desertification from the TED talk
  4. 6. growing a single crop
  5. 9. gene movement
  6. 10. spreading water around
  7. 11. Krusty Krab customer
  8. 14. sediment mixed in water
  9. 17. bees and hum-birds
  10. 19. weedkillers
  11. 20. output
  12. 21. severe malnutrition
  13. 22. high density livestock facility
  14. 25. spare copies of plants location
  15. 27. Soil Horizon Level R