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WorksheetsWORLD SOIL DAY QUIZ
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. What is soil horizon
1) A factor influencing how soil is defined
2) A layer of soil
3) An organism found in the soil
4) A technique used to map soil
2. Approximately how many micro-organisms can be found in a teaspoonful of soil
1) 4 billion
2) 50 billion
3) 500,00billion
4) 1 billion
3. Soil science has how many branches of study
4
1
2
3
4. which soils are also called as regur soils
1) marine deposits
2) desert soils
3) black soil
4) alluvial soil
5. Making steps on the side of a mountain to slowdown water erosion is called as
1) Terracing
2) Till farming
3) Wind breakers
4) Crop rotation
6. The mixing of soil by the activity of animals is known as
1) Anthropogenic
2) Regoliths
3) Mycorrhizal
4) Pedoturbation
7. Soil conservation includes all of the following except this
1) Desertification
2) Contour ploughing
3)Terracing
4) Crop rotation
8. Which of the following agency published the Red data book
1) IUCN
2) NEERI
3) NWAP
4) CITES
9. On which date International day for Biodiversity is observed
1) May, 15
2) May, 20
3) May, 22
4) June, 5
10.Why soil is so important
1) Because it provides food and habitat for organisms
2) Because its good for planting
3) because it covers earth
4) All the above
