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.

O

O

E

K

O

I

W

V

N

E

A

I

J

D

P

V

Z

S

J

A

E

I

Q

B

B

K

I

H

V

O

Z

Y

T

C

L

R

V

X

D

C

I

Q

Y

J

P

X

W

R

N

Y

I

C

S

S

K

E

W

P

D

M

L

X

V

W

W

T

F

Y

D

N

A

S

J

F

W

T

Z

N

Z

K

J

N

G

K

I

N

D

I

A

K

I

C

O

W

F

A

I

D

C

U

V

G

D

F

U

K

R

A

I

L

E

Z

E

R

N

W

X

Q

Q

W

O

X

V

T

I

T

W

N

T

K

C

O

R

D

E

B

S

N

U

I

W

R

S

D

L

B

O

O

M

C

Y

F

K

A

E

Y

D

Q

S

B

V

S

E

L

Q

F

A

N

T

W

O

C

T

Y

J

W

G

R

V

C

F

U

E

N

D

K

N

S

U

M

U

H

H

O

D

O

E

M

R

T

Q

I

A

X

H

A

Y

I

C

V

E

Y

X

W

P

Y

B

Y

E

G

X

Q

J

G

U

F

W

K

N

R

O

C

K

S

A

S

Q

N

G

N

X

O

U

U

E

O

B

M

I

N

E

R

A

L

S

U

O

E

W

H

K

E

J

T

T

T

M

N

U

T

R

I

E

N

T

S

T

I

X

I

F

N

I

J

K

Q

G

U

I

C

E

Q

Q

H

U

U

O

V

L

T

W

D

W

R

C

C

V

I

Q

D

V

Y

L

P

C

B

A

I

P

I

X

C

T

M

O

B

E

H

Q

E

Y

U

P

A

T

S

S

Z

L

P

K

H

B

F

N

L

S

M

L

Y

V

O

V

J

O

O

O

Y

M

U

S

T

I

F

Z

O

N

C

V

Y

R

J

T

W

Q

I

Q

Z

G

U

A

S

V

Y

D

J

T

Y

J

T

J

Q

L

Q

G

L

O

O

M

S

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

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

2

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

3

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Y

I

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

D

#

4

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Y

D

N

A

S

#

#

#

T

#

N

#

#

5

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

A

#

I

C

O

#

#

A

I

#

#

#

6

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

L

#

#

E

R

#

W

#

#

#

#

7

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

T

K

C

O

R

D

E

B

#

#

#

#

8

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

S

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

10

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

S

U

M

U

H

#

O

#

#

E

#

#

#

11

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

P

Y

#

#

#

#

12

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

O

C

K

S

A

S

#

#

#

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

M

I

N

E

R

A

L

S

#

O

#

#

#

14

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

U

T

R

I

E

N

T

S

#

I

#

#

15

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

U

U

O

#

L

#

16

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

P

#

B

#

I

#

#

17

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

P

#

#

S

#

#

L

#

18

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

19

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

#

L

O

O

M

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
BEDROCK	15	7	w
CLAY	11	7	nw
DECAY	14	7	nw
DIRT	9	4	sw
EROSION	15	7	nw
HUMUS	12	10	w
LAYERS	14	13	ne
LOOM	16	20	e
MINERALS	9	13	e
NUTRIENTS	8	14	e
ROCKS	10	12	e
SAND	12	4	w
SILT	12	4	sw
SOIL	16	14	se
SUBSOIL	16	14	s
SUPPORT	16	14	sw
TOPSOIL	13	9	se
WATER	16	6	n
WEATHERING	11	11	sw
WIND	16	6	ne