Soil Vocabulary Check

A mixture of water, air, tiny pieces of rock, and humus.

• soil

• humus

• clay

• loam

A rich mixture of the decomposed, or broken down, remains of plants and animals.

• bedrock

• humus

• compost

• plants

Tiny particles of rock that you can see with just your eyes.

• bedrock

• silt

• sand

• clay

Tiny particles of rock that are difficult to see with only your eyes.

• compost

• sand

• nutrients

• silt

Particles of rock that are even smaller than silt.

• clay

• sand

• loam

• bedrock

Substances that plants take in from the soil through their roots to help them live and grow.

• air

• nutrients

• humus

• compost

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Humus that can be made using kitchen scraps and dead plants.

• plants

• soil

• bedrock

• compost

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living things that need soil for support.

• compost

• humus

• plants

• animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Rock weathered by wind and water to make soil.

• bedrock

• soil

• loam

• clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Best kind of soil for plants, it is made of the three soil types.

• humus

• loam

• silt

• nutrients

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5