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WorksheetsSoil Composition and Formation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
What materials are formed from rocks and organic matter?
Sand
Silk
Soils
Clay
The wearing away or a change in the appearance or texture of something by long exposure.
Environmental Factors
Weathering
Organic Matter
Soil Horizon
Of the four soil components, 45% of a soil is comprised of:
Air
Water
Minerals
Organic Matter
The small creatures and plants that die over time are often called:
Organic Compost
Organic Organisms
Dead
Organic Matter
The materials that are weathered or eroded into small particles like sand and silt.
Organic Matter
Rocks
Weathering
Soils
What is a factor that controls soil formation.
Landscape
Parent Materials
Climate
Organisms
Time
Fifty (50) percent of a soil is composed of:
Air
Organic Matter
Water
Minerals
This soil particle is the largest particle and can be compared to a basketball.
Sand
Silt
Clay
Loam
The "B" Horizon is lighter in color and called the:
Bedrock
Parent Materials
Subsoil
Topsoil
What is a soil profile?
Layers of soils.
Differ in a number of easily seen soil properties.
Arrangement of the soil horizons.
Show soil color, thickness, texture, and structure.
