Soil Vocabulary Quiz

Living things that mix soil and help water and air reach roots

• Castings

• Earthworms

• Humus

• Loam

Helps crops produce more food

• Sand

• Silt

• Nutrients

• Castings

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The part of the topsoil made of dead plants and animals

• humus

• clay

• subsoil

• bedrock

Movement of broken rocks from one place to another

• humus

• loam

• weathering

• erosion

Dead plant and animal material that give soil more nutrients

• natural resource

• compost

• soil

• loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A resource produced through nature, on earth

• parent material

• castings

• weathering

• natural resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A soft layer of soil that is best for growing plants

• topsoil

• subsoil

• bedrock

• parent material

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A layer of large rocks below the soil

• topsoil

• subsoil

• bedrock

• loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Loose soil with very few nutrients

• silt

• sand

• clay

• topsoil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Soil that holds water well and has many nutrients

• clay

• castings

• loam

• bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5