CSSS Crossword

A tool for boring into the soil and withdrawing a small sample
A great group of soil in the Chernozemic Order
The total amount of exchangeable cations that a soil can adsorb
A size fraction of soil less than 0.002 mm in equivalent diameter
The gaseous loss of nitrogen by either biologocial or chemical mechanisms but exclusive of ammonia volatilization
The transportation of soil material in suspension or in solution within the soil by the downward or lateral movement of water
A consistence term pertaining to the ease of crumbling of soils
The downward entry of water into the soil
Material transported and deposited by wind and consisting of predominantly silt-sized particles
A vertical section of a soil profile removed from the soil and mounted for display or study
The organic fraction of soil
An order of soils having podzolic B horizons
The soil surrounding and directly influenced by plant roots
The science dealing with soil as a natural resource
The systematic examination, description, classification and mapping of soils in an area
Unstratified glacial deposit drift deposited directly by the ice and consisting of clay, sand, gravel, boulders intermingled in any proportion
The opposite of saturated
One of the components of the Munsell colour system
The aspects of soil science dealing with the origin, morphology, genesis, distribution and classification of soils
A soil separate consisting of particles between 0.05 and 0.002 mm in equivalent diameter