Soil

Select the answer that does not make up soil.

• weathered rock

• water

• earthworms

• air

• humus

What is humus?

• Yummy dip for bread.

• decayed organic matter found in soil

• insects

• broken pieces of rock

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Which is not a type of soil?

• clay

• pudding

• silt

• humus

Which soil has the largest particles so water passes through it easily.

• clay

• sand

• silt

• humus

Which soil has the smallest particles? As a result, water does not flow it easily. Often water sits on top of this soil. Think of our playground.

• clay

• humus

• loam

• sand

What does organic mean?

• It means it's from Wegmans.

• It means that it's unusual

• It means that it's made from decayed plants and animals.

The layers of the soil from top to bottom are in the following order.

• bedrock, topsoil, subsoil

• subsoil, bedrock, topsoil

• topsoil, subsoil, bedrock

• subsoil, topsoil, bedrock

In this layer of soil, the rocks are rather large. It is difficult for roots to grow here.

• topsoil

• bedrock

• humus

• subsoil

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