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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which type of soil is made up of broken pieces of dead plants and animals?
a)
clay
b)
sand
c)
loam
d)
humus
2.
Soil that is made up of very very tiny grains of rock that you cannot see or feel.
a)
clay
b)
sand
c)
loam
d)
humus
3.
Soil that is found on many farms.
a)
clay
b)
sand
c)
loam
d)
humus
4.
Soil that does not hold water very well.
a)
clay
b)
sand
c)
loam
d)
humus
5.
Which process break down rocks into smaller pieces?
a)
weathering
b)
melting
c)
erosion
d)
freezing
6.
What is the process that moves rock and soil that has already been weathered?
a)
erosion
b)
delta
c)
mudslide
d)
weathering
7.
What are 3 ways that weathering and erosion are caused?
a)
earth, wind, fire
b)
wind, water, ice
c)
books, pencils, paper
d)
rocks, soil, fossils
8.
What is the top layer of soil called?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
9.
What is the middle layer of soil called?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
10.
What is the bottom layer of soil called?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
11.
Topsoil is mostly made up of in___________ material such as sand, silt, clay, and small rocks.
a)
incomplete
b)
inside
c)
inorganic
12.
Bedrock is made of very large __________ that get broken up over time and move up closer to the surface.
a)
Flintstones
b)
rocks
c)
soils
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