soil review

What layer is the light orange color in this picture?

• bedrock

• topsoil

• subsoil

What layer of the soil dark orange one is this picture?

• organic material/humus

• topsoil

• subsoil

• bedrock

The yellow drawing of this picture is labeled as "parent material". What is the gray section below is called?

• bedrock

• organic material/humus

• topsoil

• subsoil

What is not a layer of soil?

• bedrock

• weathering

• topsoil

• subsoil

What is decayed matter from plants and animals in the soil called?

• silt

• clay

• bedrock

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants need _________________ to live and grow.

• nutrients

• rocks

• sand

• clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Humus is good for plants because it adds___________ ?

• water

• nutrients

• clay

• sunlight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants grow best in what layer of the soil?

• bedrock

• topsoil

• subsoil

• the deep dark dungeon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Humus (organic materials) is found in what layer of the soil?

• topsoil

• subsoil

• bedrock

• Aiden's bedroom

What is made up of very small broken pieces of rock, bigger than clay, but smaller than sand?

• sand

• silt

• clay

• humus