Soil - Crossword Labs

2. Part of the soil that is made up of dead plants and animals
3. What influence soil formation?
4. How many type of soil is there in a temperate climate
5. The soil ___ is what scientists study that show the layers of the rocks
7. A soil that is yellow, red, or gray in color and is impermiable
9. Sold rock that lies under the regolith
11. Crop ___ is planting one crop one year and a different crop the next year
12. How many main types of soil are there?
15. This is a place in North Carolina that is an area with huge sand hills (two words no space)
17. Soil that sits on top of its parent rock
18. Mixture of organic and small rock materials
19. A type of soil that is yellow or brown in color and is found in fine grains
20. A place that has thin soil with rock fragments

1. A place that has thin soil that consists mostly of regolith
3. A type of plowing that goes circular bands with the lay of the land
6. It is a ___ process for soil to form a layer on the earth
8. Soil that contains iron and aluminum and does not disolve easily in water.
10. Weathering that does change the composition of the rock
12. A place that has thick soil and contains laterites
13. Type of weathered rock that covers most of the earth
14. A way to crop that uses step-like ridges that follow the contours of a sloped field
16. A type of soil that in found at the botom of harbors and channels