#RoadToOhioState #OhioBound Soil Judging Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Parent material from slope wash process
  2. 4. Soil order if Ochric epipedon and Bt horizon(s) are present
  3. 8. Soil wetness class if depleted/gleyed directly below dark A horizon
  4. 9. Soil order if Mollic epipedon is present
  5. 10. Abbreviation for coarse sandy loam
  6. 13. Epipedon choice if it’s not Mollic
  7. 14. Great group classification for Alfisols with Bt horizons
  8. 16. Live, Loess, _____
  9. 17. ______ Materials, Subsurface horizon meaning d sub dist
  10. 19. Scoresheet section where you describe structure with 3, 2, 1, or 0
  11. 20. Great group classification for Mollisols with Bt horizons
  12. 22. What you put in the top left box of the description 10,000 times out of 10,000 times
  13. 23. Silty parent material likely found on the surface, contains no rock frags
  14. 24. Parent material Glacial ____, unsorted, unconsolidated sediments pushed by glaciers
  15. 25. Subsurface horizon meaning E horizon
  16. 28. Epipedon with 10YR 3/3 or darker to 25 cm+
  17. 29. Change in PM is often indicated by a sudden change in texture or _____
  18. 30. Most common particle size control section is Upper 50 cm of ______
  19. 34. Parent material of soils formed in place from bedrock
  20. 35. Full classification of an Alfisol with a Bx horizon
  21. 36. GR is abbreviation for Granular AND ________ (CF Mod)
  22. 37. The number of horizon samples you’ll take during your first rotation in the pit
  23. 38. Option for what to do when starting out of the pit: shoot _____
  24. 39. C horizon structure must be single grained or _________
  25. 41. Soil order if Bw horizons only, no other B sub. dists.
  26. 44. Parent material of soils formed from gravity-transported rocks
  27. 45. Nail is somewhere in this horizon
Down
  1. 1. Order of abbreviations for redox contrast (lowest to highest)
  2. 3. Full classification of a Mollisol with a perched water table
  3. 5. Abbreviation for very fine sandy loam
  4. 6. Full classification of a Mollisol with Bt horizons and no other significant features
  5. 7. Order of abbreviations for redox abundance (least to most)
  6. 11. Abbreviation for silt loam
  7. 12. Full classification of a Mollisol with E and Bt horizons
  8. 15. Subsurface horizon meaning Bt horizons
  9. 18. Great group classification for soil with a perched water table
  10. 20. Parent material found near rivers, very sandy and/or gravelly
  11. 21. Full classification of an Alfisol with Bt horizons and no other significant features
  12. 25. Full classification of a Mollisol with Btg horizons
  13. 26. Option for what to do when starting out of the pit: read ___ ____
  14. 27. Subsurface horizon meaning Bx horizon
  15. 31. Parent material found in glacial lakebeds, very flat and clayey areas
  16. 32. Parent material high in sand and gravel but no nearby river (present-day)
  17. 33. What forgetting on your score sheet makes it worth 0 pts no matter what
  18. 40. Abbreviation scoresheet section where you have A, C, or G
  19. 42. Subsurface horizon meaning Bw horizons only, no other B sub dists.
  20. 43. Check this for subsurface horizons & features if you have an Entisol