Soil Profile

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-LS2-3

Which of the horizons in the soil profile shown represent the organic material?

• Horizon O (Humus)
• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which layer is the parent material?

• Horizon O

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon R

Which layer is the subsoil?

• Horizon O

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon R

The horizon contains partly weathered rock

• C Horizon
• A Horizon
• B Horizon
• Bedrock

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-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Draw and Label a generic soil profile

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3