Identification

Question 1

A sticky, brown, insoluble residue from the partially decomposed bodies of dead plants and animals that gives soil its structure.

Answer 1

Humus

Question 2

A cross-sectional view of the horizons in a soil

Answer 2

Soil Profile

Question 3

The transfer of soil particles and its other components into another place

Answer 3

Erosion

Question 4

This results when the concentration of salt ions builds up in the soil

Answer 4

Salt Salinization

Question 5

Undecomposed mineral particles and unweathered rock fragments,
which if weathered produces new particles for the layers above.

Answer 5

Soil

Question 6

The primary cause of desertification

Answer 6

Overgrazing

Question 7

Soils with high clay content

Answer 7

Clay soil

Question 8

Layer that marks the lowest place that water was able to reach

Answer 8

Water Table

Question 9

The practice of eating soil

Answer 9

Geophagia

Question 10

This layer in the soil profile consists of leaves, needles, twigs in various stages of decomposition

Answer 10

O Horizon