Soil Vocabulary

4. A minute portion of matter.
6. A substance in soil that is sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry.
7. Breakdown or cause to break down into component elements.
8. The field of an object or material.
11. Materials in soil made up of decayed plants and animals
12. A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains.
13. A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus.

1. To hold inside, as soil does with water
2. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life
3. A component of soil made of small pieces of rock; pebbles
5. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay.
9. The top layer of soil; a mixture of types of Earth
10. Hard and compact mixture of minerals that form naturally.