Across
- 5. material matter composed of organic compounds that has come from the remains of once-living organisms
- 6. a loose granular substance
- 7. fertility the fertility of soil
- 8. a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth
Down
- 1. the solid layer of rock that lies beneath the soil
- 2. Rock the original rock soil came from
- 3. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
- 4. the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms
- 6. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment