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Soil

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

At one time or another, most rocks become______.

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

d)

all the above

2.

The Soil Family includes different sized particles called ______________.

a)

dirt, clay, sand and silt

b)

clay, loam, sand and silt

c)

loam, organic matter, sand and silt

d)

clay, loam, sand and soil

3.

What is a method for growing plants in water without soil?

a)

crop rotation

b)

hydrosphere

c)

organic foods

d)

hydroponics

4.

In the early 1700s, a farmer named Charles Townsend experimented with _________.

a)

growing plants without water

b)

how different rocks melt

c)

turning rocks into soil

d)

crop rotation

5.

Which of the following is not a type of rock?

a)

igneous

b)

magma

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

6.

What method would best fit in the diagram to keep soil rich and healthy?

a)

planting the same crop every year

b)

planting bushes around a field to stop wind erosion

c)

planting crops on top of a hill

d)

irrigating the soil with lots of water

7.

What makes the rock cycle different from other cycles in nature?

a)

it makes a complete circle

b)

it happens very quickly

c)

it begins with the sun

d)

it can go in many different directions

8.

How are decomposed animals helpful to soil?

a)

the contain valuable nutrients that become food for all kinds of organisms

b)

they provide shad to the soil

c)

the contain seeds to grow new life

d)

they help speed up the rock cycle

9.

Do plants need soil to grow?

a)

yes

b)

no

10.

__________________ rocks form under intense heat and pressure.

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

magma

11.

Layered rocks that are weathered by wind and water are called _____________.

a)

sedimentary rocks

b)

igneous rocks

c)

metamorphic rocks

d)

magma rocks

12.

_____________ is the process of rocks breaking down and becoming other rocks.

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

rock cycle

d)

water cycle

13.

Rocks that are formed when red-hot magma cools down.

a)

sedimentary rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

igneous rocks

d)

magma rocks

14.

To break down organic matter to become part of the soil.

a)

nutrients

b)

materials

c)

decompose

d)

decompress

15.

The practice of growing plants without soil, but by adding the plants' nutrients directly to the water.

a)

hydrosphere

b)

hydroglyphics

c)

hydroponics

d)

hydrocycle

16.

The practice of planting different things each year, in order to maintain the nutrients in the soil of a field.

a)

soil rotation

b)

soil conservation

c)

crop managing

d)

crop rotation

17.

To use wisely, and not be wasteful.

a)

decompose

b)

composition

c)

conserve

d)

reserve

18.

George Washington Carver was a professor of agriculture. He is famous for his studies of _____?

a)

onions

b)

corn

c)

soy beans

d)

peanuts