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Soil Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when plants and animals die and break down?

a)

Weathering

b)

Nutrients

c)

Decomposition

d)

Erosion

2.

What is it called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

a)

Weathering

b)

Decomposition

c)

Precipitation

d)

Erosion

3.

What uses nutrients in the soil to grow?

a)

trees

b)

weathering

c)

decompose

d)

plant matter

4.

Why are dead plants and animals important to soil?

a)

They make it slimy

b)

They are not good for the soil

c)

They are full of nutrients

d)

They make the soil stick together

5.

The weathering of rocks into small pieces creates what?

a)

Minerals

b)

Water

c)

Coal

d)

Soil

6.

How would the soil be different in a place that doesn't rain much?

a)

Much smaller pieces of rock

b)

many insects and worms

c)

a greater variety of plants

d)

less water and organic matter

7.

What could you add to your soil to help plants grow?

a)

empty soda bottles

b)

Large rocks and pebbles

c)

Small pieces of sand and clay

d)

Nutrients from dead leaves and earthrworms.

8.

Soil is composed of all of these natural things except:

a)

Weathered Rock

b)

Plant Matter

c)

Animal Remains

d)

Plastic substances

9.

Rocks near the ocean get brown into small pieces because...

a)

Leaves falling from trees

b)

Clouds forming in the sky

c)

Water crashing against the rocks

d)

Salt dissolving in the water

10.

What is something you might be able to tell about soil from looking at it?

a)

How much it would cost

b)

What type of rock it came from

c)

How old it is

d)

How much you would need to fill up a slower pot