JH Science: Quiz 2

The lower layer of soil that is mostly mineral material is ___?

• topsoil

• bedrock

• loam

• subsoil

The underground layer that provides a firm foundation for the earth's surface is ___?

• topsoil

• bedrock

• loam

• subsoil

What value measures the pull of gravity on an object?

• weight

• density

• volume

• mass

What value measures how tightly packed matter is?

• weight

• density

• volume

• mass

Soil material primarily derived from nonliving matter is called ___.

• mineral material

• decomposition

• organic material

• topsoil

Reusing old materials is ___.

• decomposition

• inductive reasoning

• pedology

• recycling

Anything that provides a partial representation of something else is a ___.

• reproducibility

• repeatability

• model

• prototype

Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion is ___ reasoning.

• conclusion

• general

• inductive

• deductive

Testing the same hypothesis under different conditions and reaching the same conclusion is called ___.

• reproducibility
• repeatability

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

Pedologists use Munsell charts to provide standard names and descriptions of ___.

• science

• soil life

• animals

• color