Intro to Soils

Multiple Choice

Definition of soils is:

• Mineral and organic material that supports plant growth on the earth’s surface

• Mixture of particles of rock, organic materials, living forms, air and water

• None of the answers listed

• All the answers listed

Multiple Choice

What soil resources help in supporting life?

• Oxygen, temperature, water, carbon and nutrients

• Oxygen, temperature, water, carbon dioxide and nutrients

• None of the answers listed

• Oxygen, heat, water, carbon and nutrients

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Finish the sentence: Rivers, glaciers, landslides and

cause rock particles to grind against each other wearing them down

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What is parent material? Rock material that has undergone some weathering and change, but not enough to be called true soil, as it is not capable of

plant life.

Reorder

Reorder the following: The 5 factors responsible for soil development

• Parent material

• Climate

• Variation in the earth’s surface (topography)

• Plant & animal life

• Time

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of infiltration?

• process of water soaking into the soil

• water movement downward

• quality soil allows for both infiltration and percolation – then it is said to be permeable

• None of the answers

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of percolation?

• process of water soaking into the soil

• water movement downward

• quality soil allows for both infiltration and percolation – then it is said to be permeable

• None of the answers

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of permeable?

• process of water soaking into the soil

• water movement downward

• quality soil allows for both infiltration and percolation – then it is said to be permeable

• None of the answers

Dropdown

Nutrients – of the ​

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essential nutrients for plant growth – ​

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are obtained from the soil