Soil Development

What is leaching and how does it affect soil make up?

• Leaching brings materials to the top of the soil surface.

• Leaching brings materials deeper into the soil.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Prairie lands tend to have more organic matter in the soil make up compared to tropical forest, why is this?

• Less Ground Cover

• More Ground Cover

• Grass Roots populate under the soil

• Leaf matter is essential to soil health

How do bare rocks break down into soil layers?

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Which IS NOT one of the five factors that operated during the process of soil formation?

• Parent Material

• Chemical

• Life

• Topography

• Time

What are the three types of rocks that make up soil

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Sedimorphic

• Lava

Organisms that live in the soil that affect soil formation are?

• Plants

• Insects

• Microbes

Soil change over time in response to their environment through four process called:

• Additions

• Losses

• Translocations

• Transformations

• Divisions

True or False: Soil isn't a renewable resource as it takes several years to create.

• True

• False

True or False: Freezing of the rocks weakens and fractures them as the season changes.

• True

• False

True or False: Igneous rocks are created by molten materials and make up most of the earth's crust.

• True

• False