THE Cross Word

4. Stripping away the top layer of soil.
6. The specialized reproductive structure of an angiosperm responsible for producing seeds through pollination and fertilization.
8. The main stock of the plant.
9. When raindrops hit the soil really hard and spatter soil everywhere.
11. the underground organ of a plant that anchors it and absorbs water/nutrients.
14. A waterway area with grass in it.
15. Essentially gluing metal together.
16. A type of flowering plant characterized by seeds that produce two embryonic leaves upon germination.
17. A specialized, typically green and flattened lateral appendage of a plant stem.
20. Planting while following the natural lay of the land to prevent erosion.
21. The natural process where soil, rock and surface material are worn away and transported by agents like water, wind, ice, or gravity.
24. Essential for life. plants produce it.
25. Don't work the ground to prevent tearing up soil.

1. Particles that are smaller than sand and require a lense or microscope to see.
2. Use more prodomenatley on steep slopes.
3. Not so steep area or like a gently rolling hill.
5. Planting strips of different crops to elevate erosion.
7. Cultivating but not all of the way, leaving at least 30% of soil behind.
10. The first leaf like structure to emerge from a germinating seeds, providing initial nutrients to the seedling before it begins photosynthesis.
12. Planting in slopes to keep the rain from causing sheet erosion.
13. Small shallow parallel channels in soil by flowing water.
18. Runoff that is a large carved out section like channel.
19. The smallest particle that lay flat and sticky and require a microscope to see.
22. A large Substance that can be seen with the naked eye.
23. A type of flowering plant characterized by seeds that produce a single embryonic leaf upon germination.