Soil Physical Properties Review

soil with the smallest particle size that holds too much water; needs nutrients

• Clay

• Soil

• Loam

• Sand

Dark nutrient rich part of soil that is made of recently decomposed material

• Clay

• Loam

• Top Soil

• Humus

allowing liquids or gases to pass through it

• A Horizon

• Permeable

• Water Tight

• Sand

soil with small particle size that holds some water; some nutrients

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Bed Rock

a mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air

• Soil

• Loam

• Organic

• Trees

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

soil with the largest particle size that loses water; no nutrients

• Clay

• Grass

• Sand

• Silt

Topsoil layer made of recently decayed and decomposed material mixed with weathered pieces of rock

• A Horizon

• B Horizon

• C Horizon

• D Horizon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

removal of dissolved materials from soil by water moving downwards through soil.

• Leaching

• Run Off

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Soil with the smallest particle size that holds too much water; needs nutrients

• Sand

• Soil

• Clay

• Loam

A soil's ______determines how much gas or liquid can pass through.

• Permeability

• Water

• Water Tight

• Gas