TEXTURE, FORMATION & PROPERTIES OF SOIL

What is a mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic matter, mineral fragments, water, and air called?

• soil
• organic matter
• decomposed matter

What is the remains of something that was once alive?

• inorganic matter
• organic matter

What is the process of changing once living material into dark colored organisms?

• composition
• decomposition

Texture of Soil:
Sand feels...

• rough
• smooth
• sticky

Texture of Soil:
Silt feels...

• rough
•  smooth
• sticky

Texture of Soil:
Clay feels...

• rough
• smooth
• sticky

What is made up of equal parts of clay, sand, and silt is called

• foam
• loam
• soil

What is the average weather of an area called?

• temperature
• topography
• climate

What is all of the organisms that live in a region that allows air and water into a soil?

• parent material
• biota
• topography

What is the shape of the land?

• parent material
• topography
• biota