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Soil profiles

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Soil is made of:

a)

pieces of rock

b)

air and water

c)

matter that was once alive

d)

all of the above

2.

Which layer of soil has low organic material and has clay in the form of aluminum and iron compounds?

a)

Topsoil

b)

Humus

c)

Subsoil

d)

Bedrock

3.

True or False: The layers of soil go in this order: Topsoil, bedrock, subsoil.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Dark nutrient rich part of soil that is made of recently decomposed material

a)

Clay

b)

Loam

c)

Top Soil

d)

Humus

5.

Deepest layer of the soil that has not been weathered

a)

Top Soil

b)

Decomposer

c)

Bed Rock

d)

Mechanical Weathering

6.

a crop planted in the off-season to help prevent soil erosion and to return nutrients to the soil

a)

Crop Rotation

b)

Soil Conservation

c)

Cover Crop

d)

No till farming

7.

A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

a)

Okies

b)

Tornado

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Midwest

8.
What is a soil problem all farmers face?
a)
soil hardening
b)
soil erosion
c)
soil spoiling
d)
soil pollution
9.
Which type of soil conservation strategy is being  used in this picture?
a)
windbreakers
b)
contour farming
c)
planting of vegetation
d)
terracing
10.
Which soil component has the least capacity for holding water?
a)
silt
b)
clay
c)
sand
d)
humus