Soil and Plant Needs Quiz

What do plants need from soil?

• Water and nutrients

• Sunlight and air

• Rocks and sand

• Leaves and branches

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What organisms are in soil that make it healthy? How do they help soil?

• Worms and bacteria; they break down organic matter

• Birds and fish; they bring seeds

• Cats and dogs; they dig holes

• Frogs and turtles; they eat insects

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What is humus material?

• A type of plant

• Decayed organic matter

• A kind of rock

• Fresh leaves

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Match the major components of soil.

• Move water through the ground. Bumpy

• Silt

• old, broken-down leaves, plants, bug

• clay

• Water doesn’t move through well Smooth

• Humus

• Tiny little pieces of rock and dirt

• Sand

• rough and gritty

• rock fragments

Based on the diagram, what might you find in each soil layer in the diagram below?

a

b

c

Subsoil

Bedrock

Top soil