Soils and processes

?
  • Created by: Annal22
  • Created on: 16-01-17 17:22
T G L E Y I N G G E D H N J F T G
A L O F S R E G O L I T H W L T U
Y M L M W T X R D C E T D S O U M
N I T C W C U D K A V B B I M D B
O E L O D N E X V T L L O S J L S
I L I N Y V E J L I T H T E C P N
T U H Y G R O S C O P I C N A Q F
A V V P O D Z O L N M Y H E T J N
R I P J C G B N I S L M R G E V G
U A P S T B V N K V M R V O R H M
T T E W O R M H E I X H L D A X S
A I K R Q F A E N J O O F E A Y J
S O E Y I J H E M W B W M P K I O
K N Q V R J R K J S A D F W U X E
F G R L A A T T K A Q Y F O W L L
M B R I L O S P F X R G O I D X S
H K E C Y O N P P B U E E O M Q E

Clues

  • 45% of soil is composed of this. (7)
  • A series of different soil types occuring down a slope is known as a ........... . (6)
  • Mottled soils, created by the oxidation/reduction of Fe, are caused by this process. (7)
  • The collective name of soil-generating processes. (11)
  • The layer of rock and mineral in the crust, produced by weathering. (8)
  • The removal of solid material from a soil horizon (10)
  • The thing which soils exchange by isomorphous substitution in clay. (7)
  • The type of soil created by intense leaching and translocation. (6)
  • The type of water which cannot be drawn up by plants. (11)
  • When all pores within soil are filled with water. (10)

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Geography resources:

See all Geography resources »See all soils resources »