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WorksheetsFossils and Soil quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What soil horizon would have the most nutrients?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
Humus in soil is made from ____________.
a)
Weathered parent rock
b)
Decayed (dead) plants and animals
c)
Acid rain
d)
Carbon dioxide
3.
Soil often ends up in horizontal layers called _____________.
a)
leaching
b)
humus
c)
bedrock
d)
horizons
4.
How does the composition of horizon C compare to horizon D?
a)
Horizon C is mostly dirt and horizon D is mostly hard rock.
b)
Horizon C is mostly hard rock and horizon D is mostly dirt.
c)
Horizon C and D are both made of dirt.
d)
Horizon C is big, broken rock pieces and horizon D is hard, solid bedrock.
5.
Read the question and then click on the picture to help answer the question. What is the soil horizon that has most of the plant roots?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
Read the question and then click on the picture to help answer the question. What is the horizon of soil that has big pieces of weathered rock (broken rock pieces)?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
Read the question and then click on the picture to help answer the question. Which answer below BEST describes the composition of soil?
a)
dirt and rocks
b)
minerals, rocks, air, dirt, humus, water
c)
dirt
d)
rocks, humus, dirt, water
8.
Read the question and then click on the picture to help answer the question. Which type of fossil is shown in the picture?
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
trace
d)
body
9.
Look at the picture to answer the question. Which layer of rock is the oldest?
a)
F
b)
B
c)
H
d)
I
10.
Look at the picture to answer the question. What type of fossil is in the picture?
a)
body
b)
trace
c)
cast
d)
mold
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