Soil Profiles and Particles

SOIL LAYERS ARE CALLED.......

• MATERIALS
• ORGANIC
• HUMUS
• HORIZONS

What is the name of Horizon 1?

• Subsoil 
• Topsoil
• Bedrock 
• Parent Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the name of Horizon 2?

• Subsoil 
• Topsoil
• Bedrock 
• Parent Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is the name of Horizon 3?

• Subsoil 
• Topsoil
• Bedrock 
• Parent Rock

What is the name of Horizon 4?

• Subsoil 
• Topsoil
• Bedrock 
• Parent Rock

Layers of soil are also known as:

• Soil Profiles
• Soil Horizons
• Soil sheets
• Soil cores

What is humus?

• soil
• organic matter
• loam
• minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which layer is the parent material?

• Horizon O

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon R

A loose mixture of rock particles, organic material (humus), water, and air- forms from rock, support the growth of vegetation

• loam
• erosion
• soil
• A horizon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

40 % Sand

50% Silt

10% Clay

• Clay

• Clay Loam

• Silt Loam

• Sandy Loam