Across
- 2. caused by over tilling of soil
- 5. intermediate particle size
- 9. physical breakdown by wind water cold and heat
- 11. largest partial sizes
- 14. what plants gather energy from
- 17. Subsoil, tiny rocks that leach from topsoil
- 18. Partially decomposed plant and animal matter
- 19. mixture of humus rocks water and air
- 20. topsoil, organic matter and weathered rock
Down
- 1. classification of soil based on amount of specific particles
- 3. loosens and mixes soil
- 4. breakdown due to chemical reactions with water, oxygen,ect
- 6. smallest particle size
- 7. process of water flowing through rocks
- 8. The place that plants obtain CO2 from
- 10. Humus, un-decomposed soil layer
- 12. Bedrock, unweathered solid rocks
- 13. Parent material rocks undergone little weathering
- 15. ideal for farming
- 16. The soil in the A-Horizon