AFNR Soil Intro

What is not a component of healthy soi?

• Mineral Matter

• Air

• Dirt

• Organic Matter

• Water

Rank the Soil Particle Sizes from largest to smallest

• Rock, Sand, Silt, Clay

• Sand, Clay, Rock, Silt

• Rock, Clay, Sand, Silt

• Clay, Silt, Sand, Rock

What is a field test that you can perform with a soil sample, water, and your hand to test the composition of soil?

• Loam Test

• Ribbon Test

• Texture Analysis Soil Triangle

• Sampling

Oil leaking from a wrecked car into the creek is an example of:

• Point Pollution

• Non-Point Pollution

Removing mineral and salt from water so that it is usable is called:

• Desalination

• ground water usage

• Mineralization

• Surface Storage

What statement is false?

• Dams block water from free flowing with water on both sides

• Dams block water from free flowing with water on one side.

• Ground Water has governmental restrictions on who can use it.

• Septic Systems are how we handle waste.

Erosion can be prevented by all except:

• Keeping crops or grass in the soil.

• Not working soil in rainy conditions

• Not working on a steep incline

• making water flow through the same path for years and years

Define Natural Resource:

• a raw material from the environment that people use to make products for food, clothing, shelter, and entertainment

• Human made products to better our lives

• Soil and Rocks

Water flows the fastest through what size particles?

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

Water flows the slowest through what particles?

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay