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- 1. Multiple Choice
Soil is made ofweathered rocks and mineralsdead plants and animalsair and waterall of the above - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy is soil an important natural resource?soil is used to make buildingssoil can grow cropssoil comes from bedrocksoil is full of mircobes
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSOIL LAYERS ARE CALLED.......MATERIALSORGANICHUMUSHORIZONS
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTHIS LAYER CONTAINS UNWEATHERED SOLID ROCK AND IS BENEATH ALL OTHER LAYERS......HORIZON AHORIZON OHORIZON DHORIZON C
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTHIS HORIZON IS MADE OF DECAYING LEAVES, TWIGS AND ANIMAL REMAINS/WASTES......ABCO
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMIXTURE OF ROCK, MINERAL PARTICLES, AND ORGANIC MATTER......HORIZONSHUMUSSOILCLAY
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWHAT IS HORIZON D ALSO CALLED.......HUMUSBEDROCKORGANIC MATTERINORGANIC MATTER
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWHAT LAYER IS TOPSOIL FOUND IN........ABCD
- 9. Multiple Choice
The first layer of soil, called the A horizon is also known as?
Bedrock
Parent Material
Topsoil
Subsoil
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which type of soil drains the slowest?
silt
clay
sand
loam
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is humus?soilorganic matterloamminerals
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a vertical cross section of the soil?soil erosionsoil profilesoil structuresoil texture
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTHE SOIL HORIZONS FROM TOP OF GROUND DOWN ARE.....A B C D OO A C B DO A B C DO D C B A
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following orders sediment particle size from largest to smallest?
silt, sand, claysand, silt, clayclay, sand, siltclay, silt, sand - 15. Multiple ChoiceThe dark organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animalshumusdecomposerloamerosion
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