Soil Science Terms
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | The structures formed when soil particles combine with each other
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| Alluvial Soil | show 🗑
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| show | Water held between the soil particles against the force of gravity
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| show | The smallest size soil particle; has the ability to hold both nutrients and water in the soil
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| show | The process in which organic matter is broken down
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| Glacial Soil | show 🗑
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| show | Water pulled downward in soil by the force of gravity
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| Horizon | show 🗑
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| Humus | show 🗑
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| Hygroscopic Water | show 🗑
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| Infiltration | show 🗑
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| show | The accumulation of decayed soil or partially decayed plants, animals, and other organisms in the soil
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| show | The process of soil water dissolving minerals, chemicals, and salts
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| show | Clusters of soil particles
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| show | Soil particles carried and deposited by the wind
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| Mineral Matter | show 🗑
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| show | The mid-size soil particle; has good water holding capacity
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| Permeable | show 🗑
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| show | Spaces between solid particles in the soil that are filled with air or water
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| Percolation | show 🗑
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| Sand | show 🗑
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| show | A view of a cross section of soil
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| show | The way in which aggregates or clusters are arranged
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| Soil Texture | show 🗑
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| Subsoil | show 🗑
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| show | The ease at which soil can be worked to form a good seedbed
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| Topsoil | show 🗑
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| show | The process in which the climate literally causes rock to break into small particles forming mineral matter
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