Soil Review Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: slope: be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down, landform: a natural feature of the earth's surface, soils depression: a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area, upland till: the higher ground of a region or district, erosion: the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water, wind erosion: a natural process that moves soil from one location to another by wind power, soils limiting layer: a horizon or condition in the soil profile or underlying strata that limits the treatment capability of the soil or severely restricts the movement of fluids, soil profile: a vertical section of the soil that depicts all of its horizons, surface soil: the upper 5 to 8 inches of the soil layer, subsoil: the soil lying immediately under the surface soil, bedrock: the solid rock underlying unconsolidated surface material, drainage: the means of removing surplus water or liquid waste; a system of drains, mottles: an irregular arrangement of spots or patches of color, outwash: material carried away from a glacier by melt water and deposited beyond the moraine, alluvium: a deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, floodplain: a generally flat area of land next to a river or stream