Unit 2: Soil Features Review

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Across
  1. 3. - A roughly spherical smaller soil structure.
  2. 5. - The more sand a soil has the less water _________ capacity it has.
  3. 6. - The C Horizon is basically just loose __________.
  4. 10. - A soil _____________ is a vertical section showing the layers that make up a soil.
  5. 12. - The Soil __________ Material is where soil originated from.
  6. 14. - Soil ______________ are parallel to the land surface.
  7. 15. - The E Horizon is often found where trees currently or used to be.
  8. 17. - The O Horizon has a lot of ____________ material in it.
  9. 18. - Which soil parent material sorts soil particles by water.
  10. 20. - How many soil orders are there around the world?
  11. 21. - B Horizon=_________
Down
  1. 1. - Redox features will appear when the soil alternates between being wet and _______.
  2. 2. -The _________ Vegetation types are forest, prairie, transition, and marsh.
  3. 4. - Single Grained and Massive are both ___________.
  4. 7. - Accelerated erosion is caused by ________.
  5. 8. - A soil structure that us wider than it is tall.
  6. 9. - A Horizon=_________
  7. 11. - Surface drainage is how fast soil can get rid of _________ water after rainfall.
  8. 13. - The soil _______ test is a field procedure that helps us determine the texture of a soil.
  9. 15. - The soil texture ____________ helps us determines which of the 12 soil textures a soil is based on percentages.
  10. 16. - The 3 soil textures are sand, ______, and clay.
  11. 19. - The parent material is dominantly silt.