Soil Review

The texture of soil depends on the:

• mass
• water in the soil
• plants growing in the soil
• composition of the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which type of soil has a large amount of decayed matter like plants and animals?

• sand
• loam
• clay
• humus

Which word means to rot or decompose?

• Decay
• Fertile
• Growth
• Nutrients

Humus is bad for soil.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which layer of soil is on bottom?

• Topsoil
• Sand
• Bedrock

There are FOUR components of soil: water, air, organic material, and ________.

• conservation
• rock
• subsoil
• loamy

What is HUMUS made from?

• Chick-Peas
• The remains of decayed plants and animals
• Beans
• Cheese

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All soils begin with what process?

• Nutrients
• Subsoil
• Weathering
• Fertile

Fertile soil is rich in _________.

• Conservation
• Bedrock
• Water
• Nutrients

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The top layer of soil is called ________.

• bedrock
• topsoil
• subsoil
• grass