APES Soils Review

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The two main agents of erosion are...

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wind and flowing water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

Order of soil particles by increasing size: clay, sand, silt, or clay, silt, sand?

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clay-silt-sand

Front

Soil sample that is 60% clay, 30% silt, and 10% sand has which texture?

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clay

Front

Correct order of soil horizons starting at the surface?

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O, A, E, B, C

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The deep, underlying non-soil materials

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Bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The layer where minerals that were leached out of layers above accumulate

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B horizon

Front

A mixture of soil, loam, and detritus; the topsoil

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A horizon

Front

The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

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Permeability

Front

Which soil component has the least capacity for holding water? Options: silt, clay, sand, humus

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sand

Front

The layer(s) of soil in which most of the humus and soil organisms are contained: 1- leaf litter, horizon O 2- topsoil, horizon A 3- subsoil, horizons B and C

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1 and 2 only