Soil Vocabulary

BEDROCK
CLAY
DECAY
DIRT
EROSION
HUMUS
LAYERS
LOOM
MINERALS
NUTRIENTS
ROCKS
SAND
SILT
SOIL
SUBSOIL
SUPPORT
TOPSOIL
WATER
WEATHERING
WIND

Directions: Find each of the vocabulary words in the word search below.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

J

V

M

N

X

H

W

N

F

Q

U

L

B

P

Z

Y

Z

W

D

K

U

C

I

F

P

Y

O

J

B

A

G

J

S

C

T

R

G

F

D

Z

K

J

D

B

W

E

Z

U

X

L

F

P

A

A

M

M

S

G

R

D

U

Z

V

N

D

S

X

W

U

Q

E

M

U

W

Y

H

O

C

E

N

Y

B

J

I

I

V

F

I

W

A

S

T

L

E

O

X

T

T

S

V

A

U

X

Y

F

W

B

J

O

B

H

N

V

E

V

M

O

R

V

C

A

X

I

M

A

V

E

R

O

S

I

O

N

E

H

O

I

N

P

K

T

R

K

T

R

I

D

A

K

J

Z

V

J

R

H

C

F

E

N

D

V

Y

E

M

B

E

R

B

T

O

P

S

O

I

L

T

V

M

K

H

G

R

M

X

C

X

O

O

U

H

U

M

U

S

D

I

V

A

M

F

W

J

U

A

T

L

C

L

A

Y

E

Z

F

J

F

P

D

G

J

R

S

M

Y

L

I

I

K

S

K

C

O

R

Y

N

Y

I

O

G

F

P

Q

V

Z

M

V

O

L

F

Q

V

H

M

I

N

E

R

A

L

S

Z

G

I

D

N

A

S

T

N

E

I

R

T

U

N

R

U

A

O

E

Z

O

I

M

L

I

U

U

V

C

M

P

K

L

W

G

Y

W

O

H

F

X

Z

E

L

K

P

U

B

L

X

A

P

U

M

E

A

R

M

U

Q

Q

I

T

S

Q

P

E

M

S

F

U

V

U

R

Q

D

G

A

N

C

Y

P

V

Z

G

O

K

E

D

O

G

C

S

D

T

Z

N

O

O

L

N

Z

Y

I

Q

R

Q

J

L

V

I

E

Y

K

D

Z

H

F

W

A

Z

C

Q

W

Z

T

V

Y

B

I

N

L

Z

H

M

A

O

D

B

G

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Soil Vocabulary

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

2

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

3

#

#

D

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

4

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

5

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

6

#

#

#

#

#

W

B

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

7

#

#

#

#

A

#

E

R

O

S

I

O

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

8

#

#

#

T

R

I

D

A

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

9

#

#

E

#

#

E

R

#

T

O

P

S

O

I

L

#

#

#

#

#

10

#

R

#

#

C

#

O

#

#

H

U

M

U

S

#

#

#

#

#

#

11

#

#

#

A

#

L

C

L

A

Y

E

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

12

#

#

Y

#

#

I

K

S

K

C

O

R

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

#

M

I

N

E

R

A

L

S

#

14

#

#

D

N

A

S

T

N

E

I

R

T

U

N

#

#

A

O

#

#

15

#

#

#

#

I

U

U

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

Y

#

O

#

#

16

#

#

#

L

#

P

#

B

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

M

#

#

17

#

#

T

#

#

P

#

#

S

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

#

#

18

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

O

#

#

S

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

19

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

#

L

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
BEDROCK	7	7	s
CLAY	7	11	e
DECAY	7	8	sw
DIRT	7	8	w
EROSION	7	7	e
HUMUS	10	10	e
LAYERS	18	13	sw
LOOM	18	13	s
MINERALS	13	13	e
NUTRIENTS	14	14	w
ROCKS	12	12	w
SAND	6	14	w
SILT	6	14	sw
SOIL	6	14	n
SUBSOIL	6	14	se
SUPPORT	6	14	s
TOPSOIL	9	9	e
WATER	6	6	sw
WEATHERING	11	11	se
WIND	6	6	nw