Soils Choice Board (Use an online crossword puzzle maker to complete a puzzle on the chrome book.)

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Across
  1. 4. helps you determine classifications for soil textures.
  2. 7. Flat peds that lie horizontally in the soil.
  3. 12. the strength of the ped.
  4. 13. how much water is retained by soil particles.
  5. 14. When soil particles cling together in an arrangement known as a ped.
Down
  1. 1. Roughly spherical, like grape nuts. Plant roots, microorganisms, and sticky products of organic matter decomposition bind soil grains into granular aggregates.
  2. 2. how quickly water moves through soil.
  3. 3. pores in the soil created by: Roots and other organic matter (i.e., decaying substances) Animals, such as worms and rodents. Soil particle size and "fit"
  4. 5. the zone, which plant roots can
  5. 6. the shape of the ped.
  6. 7. Larger, vertically elongated blocks, often with five sides.
  7. 8. Every grain acts independently. No binding agent holding grains together. Permeability is rapid.
  8. 9. Roughly cube-shaped, with more or less flat surfaces. Blocky structures are typical of B horizons.
  9. 10. Compact, coherent soil not separated into peds. Small pores, slow permeability, and poor aeration.
  10. 11. grow.