Soil Vocabulary

Capacity to Retain Water

• How much water soil can hold

• How much soil is in a cup of water

Clay

• A type of soil with very small particles packed together very tightly

• A type of soil used to make Play Doh

Weathering

• The slow breaking apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces

• The types of weather soil encounters

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Particle

• The smallest possible unit of matter

• A piece of something of any size

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Soil Texture

• The type and size of rock particles that make up soil

• What you can do with the soil

Soil

• The loose material that covers much of the earth's surface

• Artificial nutrients bought at a nursery for plants

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Loam

• A soil consisting of a loose, easily crumbling mixture of varying amounts of clay, silt, and sand

• Foam you use to make ice chests

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Sand

• A type of soil with medium-sized particles that are very hard

• What you put in playgrounds

Erosion

• The movement of weathered rock from one place to another

• Wearing rocks down over time

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Weathering

• The slow breaking apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces

• Small pieces of rock moving from one place to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2