Types of soil

Which type of soil is best for growing crops?

• Sand

• Clay

• Silt

• Loam

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which type of soil has the tiniest particles?

• Clay

• Loam

What are the main components of soil?

• Rock particles, water, decayed plants and animals

• Metals, plastic, glass

• Air, water, sunlight

_______ is the type of soil used most often with plants and on farms. It is a mixture of clay, sand, and silt.

• loam
• humus
• soil
• dirt

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which type of soil can hold the greatest amount of water?

• sand
• silt
• clay
• loam

This type of soil is sticky when wet and hard when dry. 

• clay
• silt
• sand
• gravel

This type of soil feels gritty.

• sand

• silt

• clay

• humus

In SAND, the water leaves it slowly.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

CLAY holds water easily.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Soil is made of

• weathered rocks and minerals
• dead plants and animals
• air and water
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3