Soils Crossword Puzzle

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