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The drying up of water from wet surfaces.
a) Absorption
b) Capillarity
c) Evaporation
d) Percolation

Movement of water sideways and upward through pores in soil.
a) Absorption
b) Capillarity
c) Evaporation
d) Percolation

Water filling the air spaces in soil and staying there.
a) Absorption
b) Capillarity
c) Evaporation
d) Percolation

The movement of water downward through the soil.
a) Absorption
b) Capillarity
c) Evaporation
d) Percolation

Methods used to keep soil from eroding away.
a) humus
b) Percolation
c) Conservation
d) Texture

How something feels when touched.
a) texture
b) silty
c) porous
d) horizon

Decaying organic matter in the soil.
a) silt
b) loam
c) humus
d) pores

A layer of soil that differs in color and texture from the layers above and below it.
a) Conservation
b) Pore
c) Capillarity
d) Horizon

Soil that is made up of equal parts of each type of soil.
a) Sand
b) Silt
c) Clay
d) Loam

Soil that has poor nutrient content, but is good for draining due to its large pore size.
a) Sand
b) Silt
c) Clay
d) Loam

Soil that the particles can only be seen with a microscope.
a) Sand
b) Silt
c) Clay
d) Loam

Soil that is transported and dropped into low-lying areas by rivers and is great for farming.
a) Sand
b) Silt
c) Clay
d) Loam

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