Lesson Soil Texture

Resources and Soil Review

10/19-10/23

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to conserve someting?

• to save it

• to use it all up

• to give it away

Multiple Choice

Can you easily make more nonrenwable resources?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

What are some examples of renewable AND nonrenewable resources?

Open Ended

Is your resource renewable or nonrenwable?

How do you know?

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a renewable resource?

• a tree

• oil

Multiple Choice

I can conserve water by turning the faucet off while I brush my teeth.

• true

• false

Today's Objective and Vocabulary:

The scholar will examine properties of soils, including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants.

clay, gravel, retain, sand, humus, silt, soil, topsoil

Open Ended

What do you remember about soil?

Today's Objective and Vocabulary:

The scholar will examine properties of soils, including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants.

clay, gravel, retain, sand, humus, silt, soil, topsoil

Multiple Choice

What is clay?

• a component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry

• a component of soil made of small pieces of rock; pebbles' usually has a smooth texture

• to hold inside, as soil does with water

Multiple Choice

Humus is another word for soil.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which option below is soil?

Multiple Choice

Humus is plant and animal remains.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is gravel?

• to hold inside, as soil does with water

• a mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)

• a component of soil made of small pieces of rock; pebbles; usually has a smooth texture

Multiple Choice

What picture below is clay?

Multiple Choice

What is soil?

• a mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus

• the top layer of soil

• a component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but hard when dry

Multiple Choice

What picture below shows gravel?

Multiple Choice

Which picture below shows sand?

Multiple Choice

What is sand?

• a component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture

• a mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus

• it is clouds

Multiple Choice

What does it meant to retain something?

• to hold inside

• to let it go through

Multiple Choice

What soil type retains the most water?

• silt

• sand

• clay

Multiple Choice

What soil type holds the least amount of water?

• gravel

• clay

• silt

Multiple Choice

What is silt?

• a component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture

• a component of soil that is very fine and smooth to the touch

• the top layer of soil

Multiple Choice

Which picture shows silt?

Multiple Choice

What is topsoil?

• the top layer of soil

• the bottom layer of soil

Multiple Select

Which pictures show topsoil?

• none