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layers and types of soil

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what type of soil is used for making pottery?

a)

loam / loamy soil

b)

sand /sandy soil

c)

clay soil

d)

silt / silty soil

2.

What layer of the soil has Organic matter?

a)

topsoil

b)

subsoil

c)

parent rock / bedrock

d)

organic layer / humus layer

3.

what is the last layer of the soil

(a)  

4.

what layer of the soil has broken bedrock or parent rock?

a)

topsoil

b)

loamy soil

c)

parent material

d)

silt soil

5.

what is made of minerals?

a)

topsoil

b)

parent material

c)

sand

d)

subsoil

6.

what are the 4 soil type

a)

snow

b)

clay soil

c)

loamy soil

d)

sandy soil

e)

silt soil

7.

what layer is made of sand,silt, and clay?

a)

topsoil

b)

parent material

c)

subsoil

d)

bedrock

e)

organic material

8.

the big roots will reach in what layer????

a)

parent material

b)

sand soil

c)

loamy soil

d)

silt soil

9.

type of soil is used for gardening

(a)  

10.

what type of soil is found near the river basins???????

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

clay

d)

loam

11.

it lets the water pass through it very quickly and dries up quickly, and has the biggest particles????????

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

clay

d)

loam

e)

wind

12.

what are all the layers of the soil????

a)

humus layer

b)

topsoil

c)

subsoil

d)

parent material

e)

bedrock