Across
- 1. Logged Soil water is unable to drain
- 3. Percolation Movement of water through soil itself
- 5. built up layer of organic matter
- 8. soil particles are pressed together
- 11. Matter living and nonliving plants, animals, and microorganisms in soil
- 16. downward entry of water into soil
- 17. Soil to much rain causing loss of plant nutrients within a soil
- 18. Flying mammal
- 19. Man's best friend
Down
- 2. Has a trunk
- 4. Measure of acidity or alkalinity of soil
- 6. Organisms bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, algae, protozoa, and nematodes
- 7. Structure the way sand,silt, and clay are assembled into soil
- 9. Weathering Physical break down of rock through things like climate, water, and wind
- 10. altering chemical elements within a soil to improve plant growth
- 12. Horizons soil layers
- 13. Likes to chase mice
- 14. Large marsupial
- 15. Texture proportion of sand silt and clay within a soil