Soil + Fossils

The color of red soil comes from:

• iron

• plants

• animals

Sandy soil does not hold much water:

• True

• False

Topsoil can:

• hold lots of water

• not hold much water

Most plants grow best in:

• sandy soil

• clay soil

• topsoil

Choose the animals that live underground:

• ants

• worms

• gophers

• parrots

Choose two ways animals can help soil?

• Animals die, their bodies break down and become part of the soil.

• Animals dig tunnels in the soil.

• Animals store food underground.

• Animals move soil to places.

Choose the places where fossils can be found:

• rock

• ice

• sand

• amber

Fossils are formed when living things are:

• on the ground

• buried under sand,mud

This mosquito is found in a sticky liquid in trees that has become hard. What is it?

• sand

• mud

• Amber

• rock

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

• extinct

• preserved

• endangered

• rotting