Soil 2nd Grade

Soil is made of tiny _____ and bits of plants and animals.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Weathering makes large rocks

• break down into smaller rocks.

• stronger.

• bigger.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Small, broken pieces of rock

• wish they were part of a bigger rock again.

• become part of the soil.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Plants take in ____________ from the soil to grow.

• minerals

• pizza

• sunlight

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What needs minerals to grow?

• plants

• animals

• humans

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

All soil is the same.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What gives rocks and soils their different colors?

• their age

• the minerals they contain

• the crayons kids use to color the rocks and soil

• food coloring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most plants grow best in

• topsoil

• subsoil

• parent rock

• bedrock

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Layer B is

• bedrock

• topsoil

• subsoil

• parent rock

What type of soil is layer A?

• subsoil

• topsoil

• bedrock

• parent rock