Soils: FOSS SRL Investigation 1

Which combination of materials could be soil?

• Pebbles, sand, and clay

• Gravel, sand, and humus

• Gravel, sand, and clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Mark ALL the properties that could describe soils

• Color

• Size of earth materials

• Amount of humus

• Ability to retain (absorb) water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Humus is....

• the water in soil that makes it moist

• the dead plant and animal material in soil

• the name for the smallest pieces of earth materials in soil

• the layers of different-sized earth materials that form soil

• what you spread on pita chips

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is soil made of?

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1

What's your name?

What are earth materials?

• rocks, water, air

• pebbles, grass, trees

• cardinals, carrots, carp

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are the smallest pieces of rocks that may be in soil called?

• pebbles

• gravel

• sand

• clay