Soil/Weathering/Erosion

Which does NOT cause weathering?

• Water

• Wind

• Ice

• Plant Roots

• Clay

Which does NOT cause erosion

• Moving water

• wind

• ice (glaciers)

• gravity

• Soil

Which type of soil has the smallest particle size, is thick and sticky when wet, and doesn't let much water through?

• Clay

• Erosian

• Soil

• Loam

The movement of weathered rock material from one place to another

• Erosian

• Clay

• Sand

• Humas

A large mass of slow-moving ice that floats down a slope.

• Glacier

• Erosion

• Humas

• Sand

The decayed remains of once living things that add nutrients to the soil.

• Humus

• Loam

• Soil

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This type of soil combines sand, clay, and silt, and is the BEST for growing plants.

• Loam

• Sand

• Humus

• Glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This type of soil is rough, has the largest particle size, and lets lots of water through

• Sand

• Humus

• Loam

• Soil

Made up of bits of rock, minerals, and remains of once-living things.

• Soil

• Humas

• Loam

• Sand

The slow, wearing down of rocks and minerals by water, ice, wind, and plant roots.

• Weathering

• Glacier

• Ice

• Plant Roots

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2