Soil Quick Check

What is the top layer of soil?

• Loam

• Topsoil

• Humus

• Clay

What is weathering?

• A process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

• A change in the weather

• How plants are put into the ground

• What causes the seasons to change

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Soil is formed by . . .

• weathering

• the water cycle

• animals

• humans

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

True or False: Soil takes thousands of years to form.

• True

• False

What causes the weathering process?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

True or False: Weathering does NOT change the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

True or False: Soil has decomposed animal matter in it.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

Decomposition is important to soil because...

• it's not important

• it provides the nutrients soil needs

• animals like to eat it

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

Which type of soil has the most rocks?

• Sand

• Humus

• Clay

Which type of soil has the most bits of dead plants and animals?

• Humus

• Sand

• Clay

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1