Across
- 5. a loose granular substance
- 6. stiff sticky fine grained earth used in pottery
- 10. the proportion of sand silt and clay sized particles that make up soil
- 11. a cross sectional view of soil
- 12. the process of being worn by long exposure
- 14. all minerals and other inorganic elements
- 15. the top layer of soil
Down
- 1. organic component of soil not used on chips
- 2. the spaces between mineral in the soil
- 3. soaking into the ground
- 4. the large source of carbon based compounds found within natural environments
- 7. material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles
- 8. loose compacted yellowish gray deposit
- 9. the soil lying immediately under the topsoil
- 13. medium sized mineral particles