Soils Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- ped: clump or aggregate of soil particles
- aerobic: process that takes place in the presence of oxygen
- adsorption: the process where a substance fixes onto a surface
- anaerobic: process that place without oxygen
- decomposers: organisms that breakdown organic matters release nutrients
- detritivores: organisms that ingest and digest dead organic matter
- insolation: sunlight that reaches a surface and increases temperature
- infiltration: downward entry of water into the soil
- ploughing: cultivation of the soil by turning over the surface layer
- regolith: layer or lose unconsolidated material forms after weathering
- humification: the process for humus to form
- interception: the part of precipitation that is interrupted e.g. branches
- translocation: movement of soil components within the soil in solution
- leaching: process of losing minerals, ions out of the soil
- organic sorting: earthworms drag and mix dom into the soil
