2023 Soil Review

Weathered rock/minerals combined with air, water and organic matter.

• Name for the B Horizon

• Name of the R Horizon

• Name of the O Horizon

• Soil

Organic matter formed from decaying plants and animals.

• Soil

• Humus

• Name of the B Horizon

• Name of the C Horizon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Humus

• Name of the O Horizon

• Name of the A Horizon

• Name of the B Horizon

• Soil

Topsoil

• Name of the A Horizon

• Name of the R Horizon

• Soil

• Humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Subsoil

• Name of the B Horizon

• Name of the A Horizon

• Name of the O Horizon

• Name of the R Horizon

Parent Material

• Soil

• Name of the R Horizon

• Humus

• Name of the C Horizon

Bedrock

• Name of the C Horizon

• Humus

• Name of the R Horizon

• Name of the O Horizon

The layer where you find the most decomposers

• Bedrock

• Sand

• Subsoil

• Topsoil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

sandy top soil is this because water drains quickly through the spaces between the sand particles

• permeable

• litter

• fertility

• low porosity

The best type of soil in which to grow plants

• Clay

• Bedrock

• Low Porosity

• Loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5