Soil

What NONLIVING thing can you find in the soil?

• worms

• bugs

• rocks

• plants

Which part of the soil has bits of dead plants and animals? (vocabulary word)

Which kind of soil holds the most water?

• plants

• clay

• rocks

• sand

What do plants need to grow?

• soil

• sunlight

• water

• soil, sunlight, and water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is soil?

• A hard, nonliving part of Earth.

• Broken pieces of dead animals

• A mixture of tiny rocks and other materials.

Decomposition means...

• the breaking down of dead plants and animal material.

• when plants grow.

• small pieces of rock.

• a soil that is hard and grainy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A ____ is a hard, nonliving part of the earth.

• soil

• rock

• worm

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False

Weathering is slow and gradual.

• true
• false

True or False.

Ice can break a rock?

• True

• False

Why is soil important?

• It helps us get energy.

• It is a solid.

• It's where we grow crops.

• It is not important.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5