Soil Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. These breakdown to become soil
  2. 6. Leaving livestock on a field too long which removes plant life
  3. 9. Caves are created by this type of weathering
  4. 11. The order of the horizons
  5. 13. The horizontal layers of soil
  6. 16. The breaking down of rock by physical or chemical processes
  7. 18. The movement of soil by wind or water
  8. 19. The B horizon
Down
  1. 1. The freezing of water in cracks
  2. 2. The grinding away of rocks by smaller rocks or sand
  3. 3. Growing crops on steep mountain sides
  4. 5. An example of differential weathering
  5. 7. A tree growing through a rock is this type of weathering
  6. 8. crop __________________ helps to resupply nutrients by planting different crops
  7. 10. The seeping of nutrients through soil in the E horizon
  8. 12. ____________ crops protect the field from erosion between harvests
  9. 14. Dead organic matter in the O horizon
  10. 15. Another name for the R horizon
  11. 17. The first layer of soil, dark and nutrient rick
  12. 20. A chemcial reaction where iron combines with oxygen and creates rust