WorksheetsCh. 12 and 18.1 Soil Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the geological material that the soil is formed from called?
a)
organic matter
b)
clay
c)
loam
d)
parent material
2.
What is the process of breaking down the original matter into soil particle?
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
decomposition
d)
weathering
3.
The part of the soil that is composed of decaying biological matter.
a)
clay
b)
organic material
c)
silt
d)
mineral composition
4.
Which list below has the soil types put in the correct order for particle size from largest to smallest?
a)
sand, clay, silt
b)
clay, loam, silt
c)
loam, sand, clay
d)
sand, silt, and clay
5.
Soil texture is based on...
a)
organic composition
b)
acidity
c)
particle size
d)
mineral composition
6.
What historical event is credited with the start of civilization?
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Green Revolution
7.
Wheat and corn and many other crops begas as much less nourishing and tasty wild plants. What process led to their development into their current forms?
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
Mutation
d)
Artificial Selection
8.
What is a characteristic of traditional agriculture?
a)
Synthetic pesticides
b)
mechanical equipment
c)
small fields
d)
use of fossil fuels
9.
Farming practices of the early 1900's coupled with a drought led to what event?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Agricultural Revolution
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Green Revolution
10.
Robert plants her tress around her field to prevent wind erosion. This technique is called...
a)
shelter belting
b)
terracing
c)
intercropping
d)
contour farming
11.
Soils that are found within the rainforests are often extremely nutrient poor due to excessive amounts of precipitation that cause______
a)
leaching
b)
percolation
c)
salinization
d)
desertification
12.
When a mineral changes from one type to another type it has undergone_____
a)
leaching
b)
physical weathering
c)
chemical weathering
d)
deposition
13.
A common alternative liquid fuel that is created using corn is_____
a)
biomass
b)
biodiesel
c)
methane
d)
ethanol
14.
What is not a biofuel?
a)
wood
b)
charcoal
c)
coal
d)
manure
15.
Deterioration of the soil's fertility and ability to provide ecosystem services is called_____
a)
erosion
b)
soil pollution
c)
succession
d)
soil degradation
16.
What substances may flow through and pollute the ground water?
a)
minerals
b)
microorganisms
c)
nutrients
d)
synthetic fertilizers
17.
If Sharon does not give her chickens any growth hormones or antibiotics and allows them to be free range, what kind of agriculture is she practicing?
a)
orgainc
b)
sustainable
c)
biological
d)
homestead
18.
What is the top layer of soil called?
a)
parent material
b)
leaching layer
c)
topsoil
d)
bedrock
19.
What is the basis of all soil that hold secrets to our history?
a)
sub soil
b)
leaching layer
c)
bedrock
d)
parent material
20.
Water slowly filtering through the soil is called_____
a)
aquaculture
b)
monoculture
c)
percolating
d)
overgrazing
21.
Fish farming is
a)
aquaculture
b)
monoculture
c)
desertification
d)
overgrazing
22.
Living things that have altered their DNA that is not a result of breeding
a)
Genetically modified Organism
b)
Integrated Pest Management
c)
Depositon
d)
Percolaton
23.
Adding layers of previously eroded soil and sediment to the established soil layers....
a)
percolation
b)
depositon
c)
desertification
d)
ground source heat
24.
Mixing the use of biological and synthetic controls to limit the growth of plant and animal population
a)
genetically modified organism
b)
integrated pest management
c)
percolation
d)
overgrazing
25.
A large field of corn
a)
monoculture
b)
overgrazing
c)
aquaculture
d)
genetically modified organism
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