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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the layer of soil just below the topsoil?
a)
soil
b)
subsoil
c)
topsoil
d)
terrace farming
2.
Which layer of soil are these roots growing in?
a)
subsoil
b)
topsoil
3.
When plants, animals, and other organisms die, they break down and become part of the soil. What is this part of the soil called?
a)
sand
b)
silt
c)
clay
d)
humus
4.
What is the layer of soil that contains humus, leaf litter, and other organic matter?
a)
O - Organic
b)
A - Topsoil
c)
B - Subsoil
d)
R - Bedrock
5.
Which layer is the bottom of the soil profile?
a)
C - Partially Weathered Parent Material
b)
D - Separated rock
c)
R - Bedrock
d)
A - Topsoil
6.
Layers of soil are also known as:
a)
Soil Profiles
b)
Soil Horizons
c)
Soil sheets
d)
Soil cores
7.
In which layer of the soil profile contains the MOST humus?
a)
Layer 1 (A)
b)
Layer 2 (B)
c)
Layer 3 (C)
d)
Layer 4 (R)
8.
In which layer of the soil profile contains a solid layer of rock?
a)
Layer 1 (A)
b)
Layer 2 (B)
c)
Layer 3 (C)
d)
Layer 4 (R)
9.
Which soil layer consists of clay, iron oxides, and other components that came form the zone of leaching?
a)
O horizon
b)
A Horizon
c)
B Horizon
d)
Bedrock
10.
Soil is made of
a)
weathered rocks and minerals
b)
dead plants and animals
c)
air and water
d)
all of the above
11.
An organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that breaks down organic material is a...
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus source
12.
An animal that lives in an underground by making a hole and mixing up air, water and humus in the soil is called a.....
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus Source
13.
What am I?
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus Source
14.
What am I?
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus Source
15.
What am I?
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus Source
16.
What am I?
a)
Decomposer
b)
Burrower
c)
Humus Source
17.
What layer would you find the oldest fossils?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
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