APES 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Quiz

(A) What are properties of the soil determined by

• time

• parent material

• climate

• topography

• ALL of these determine the properties of the soil

(A) To form soil, rock gets broken down and those particles are called (check all that apply)...

• granuels

• clay

• hummus

• silt

• sand

Porosity means_____

• non absorbant

• thin layer on the top of the mantle

• easily pourded out of containier

• the amount of space between particles a soil has

(A) Jessie wanted to find what percentage of sand, silt and clay his soil sample was comprised of. If he determined the sample was 45% clay and 30% silt, then the sand was ____% of the sample

(A) if a soil sample has high permiability, then it has _____ ability to hold water

• low

• high

• variable

• an equal

(A) Factors that increase nutrients in the soil (check all that apply)

• organic matter

• decomposer activity

• radiation amount

• hummus

(B) Earth's atmosphere's most abudant gas is__________

(B) Harmful Ozone is found in this layer?

• mesospher

• troposphere

• exosphere

• thermosphere

(B) Thermosphere is where___________ and is the __________layer

• abosorption of xrays and uv rays occurs; hottest

• weather ocurrs; warmest

• the air is less dense than thermosphere; coolest area

• harmful ozone is located highest

(B)CO₂ leads to ______

• a change in atmospheric pressure

• a cooling effect thus decreasing plant growth

• the over produciton of carbon

• global warming