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Soils Quiz

Authored by Amy Silvey

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Soils Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Living or alive at one time (plant/animal matter)

inorganic

organic

humus

clay

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A layer of soil with properties different from the layers above or below it.

Soil horizon

Soil Profile

humus

soil

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mixture of weathered rock. organic material, water and air.

humus

silt

soil

sand

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Visible without a microscope, gritty, holds little water

silt

sand

clay

humus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of material was never alive

soil

clay

organic

inorganic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The organic part of soil; forms when dead plants or animals decay

sand

humus

silt

soil

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Not visible without a microscope, powdery when wet, holds more water than sand:

clay

humus

soil

silt

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