Soil Vocab Crossword

The A horizon.
The unconsolidated and more or less chemically weathered mineral or orga
The physical and chemical disintegration, alteration, and decomposition of rocks and minerals at or near the earth's surface
organic fraction of the soil; includes plant and animal residues at various stages of decomposition, c
The downward entry of water into the soil.
downward movement of water through soil; specifically, the downward flow of water in saturated or nearly saturated soil
) The ease with which gases and liquids penetrate or pass through a bulk mass of soil or a layer of soil. B
e physical condition of soil as related to its ease of tillage, f
Material such as clay, silt, sand, and gravel deposited by modern rivers and streams.
Rock formed by the cooling and solidification of magma
The removal from the soil of materials in solution.
Material transported and deposited by wind and consisting of predominantly silt-sized particles.
Soilformed from, or resting on, consolidated rock of the same kind as that from which it was formed and in the same location.
A rock formed from materials deposited from suspension or precipitated from solution s and usually more or less consolidated
A nearly level, usually narrow, plain bordering a river, lake, or sea. Rivers sometimes are bordered by a number of terraces at different levels. There are also manmade terraces.
A layer of soil or soil material approximately parallel to the land surface;
A veF'tical section of the soil through all its horizons and extending into the parent material.
A soil textural class
A group of soil particles cohering in such a way that they behave mechanically as a unit.
The fraction of the soil organic matter that remains after most of the added plant and animal residues have decomposed. It is usually dark colored.
The resistance of a material to deformation or rupture.