Many plants cannot grow in sandy soil. Why is this true?

• Sandy soil does not hold enough water.
• Air cannot pass through sandy soil.
• Roots cannot easily push through sandy soil.
• Sandy soil has too many nutrients.

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Soil is made of

• weathered rocks and minerals
• dead plants and animals
• air and water
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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A student pours 50 mL of water over a soil sample, and 32 mL of the water drains into a cylinder. How much water was retained? 

• 18 mL
• 28 mL
• 32 mL
• 50 mL

When plants, animals, and other organisms die, they break down and become part of the soil. What is this part of the soil called?

• sand
• silt
• clay
• humus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of soil?

• clay
• sand
• silt
• mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

To hold inside, as soil does with water

• soil

• retain

• water

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the breakdown or rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water, and ice.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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

• clay

• loam

• humus

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

• humus

• soil

• loam

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If Carol poured 500 mL of water into the soil and 400 mL can now be found in the jar, then the other 100 mL must have been-

• retained

• drained

• lost in space

• in the bathroom sink

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