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WorksheetsWeathering and Soil
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is soil structure?
How it is built
The shape of its clumps
How it feels
Its acidity
What are 2 examples of mechanical weathering.
People stepping on the dirt
Animals creating holes in the soil
Wind blowing soil
Plants growing into the dirt
______ is a mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air.
Soil
Sand
Rocks
Minerals
What is the shape and steepness of the landscape?
Geology
Relief
Topography
A map
Soil is home to ____ and ____ of organisms.
(pick 2 to fill in the blanks)
a large number
a few number
a similar
a variety
What is a horizon?
Landscape off in the distance
Layers of soil
When land is flat
A line used in drawing
All of the organisms that live in a region are called a(n)____
Organic matter
Ecosystem
Circle of life
Biota
What type of soil is this?
Sand
Clay
Particles
Silt
The smallest inorganic material is __
A boulder
Silt
Clay
Sand
The starting material of soil is ___
parental soil
water
parent material
silt
Inorganic means:
An animal
A plant
Never alive
Alive
____ changes the materials that are part of a rock into new materials
Chemical weathering
Time
Erosion
Minerals
How long does it take for soil to form?
Ten years
Thousands of years
Hundreds of years
Two years
Earth's surface never changes
True
False
What are particles
Atoms
Pieces of an object
Tiny bits
Small objects
What do you do with a sick chemist?
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