Soil Vocab Quiz

A mixture of rocks, minerals, organic materials, liquids, and air that covers the Earth

• Parent Rock

• Soil

• Texture

• BedRock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The top layer of soil is called ________.

• bedrock
• topsoil
• subsoil
• grass

This is found in the topsoil and is made of decaying plants and animals. 

• dirt
• water
• humus
• subsoil

Loam is a mixture of clay, silt, and sand. 

• True
• False

The four types of soil are _____. 

• humus, gravel, pebbles, sand
• sand, silt, clay, loam
• sand, rock, pebbles, granite
• sand, clay, bedrock, topsoil

This type of soil is carried by water and left as sediment. 

• bedrock
• loam
• silt
• clay

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This type of soil is sticky when wet and hard when dry. 

• clay
• silt
• sand
• gravel

Which layer of soil is solid rock?

• topsoil

• subsoil

• bedrock

What is the collective name for layers of soil?

• Sedimentation

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Soil Profile

What are loam, clay loam, silt loam, and clay?

• Soil particle sizes

• Soil Textures

• Soil pH

• Soil composition