Soil

What type of soil is best for farming because it has humus, its fertile, equal parts of sand and silt and a little bit of clay?

• sandy loam

• loam

• clay

• silty clay loam

What type of soil is best for making a pond?

• clay

• silt

• loam

• sand

Which type of soil would be best for farming but would erode easily?

• sand

• silt

• clay

Permeability is...

• when soil gets carried away

• when soil is broken down by wind, water, or ice

• how fast water travels through the soil

• how much water the soil holds

Porosity is...

• when soil gets carried away

• when soil is broken down by wind, water, or ice

• how fast water travels through the soil

• how much water the soil holds

Which horizon is where you may find the ends of long roots?

• topsoil

• subsoil

• parent material

• bedrock

Which type of soil has lot of humus, clay, crumbly and dark?

• topsoil

• subsoil

• parent material

• bedrock

Soil is made up of...

• minerals, rock fragments, air , water, and organic material

• sand, silt, and clay

• dead plants and animals and minerals

• air, water, and decomposers

Which type of soil drys quickly after a rain storm?

• sand

• silt

• clay

• loam

Which type of soil becomes hard as stone when it dries out?

• sand

• silt

• clay

• loam