Earth Science Chapter 5 Review

A large boulder has been broken down into small 1mm pieces. This is an example of...

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• abrasion

• infiltration

Sarah is examining a sample of soil and notices that it contains a lot of organic matter. This soil is likely from…

• A-horizon
• B-horizon
• C-horizon
• D-Horizon
• R-Horizon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Nicole is digging down into the soil until she finds a lot of clay. What layer of soil should she try to dig to?

• B-horizon
• C-horizon
• D-Horizon
• R-Horizon
• A-horizon

A soil sample is brought to the lab, and is found to have high amounts of weathered parent material. What horizon layer is this sample from?

• C-horizon
• B-horizon
• D-horizon
• R-Horizon
• A-horizon

A geologist picks up a handful of soil and squeezes it together to see how soft it is. She is testing the soil’s…

• consistency
• texture
• moisture
• infiltration
• temperature

A student is comparing how well flowers grow in a sample of soil from Palm Springs versus a sample from Yosemite. What property is being compared?

• fertility
• moisture
• biota
• temperature
• consistency

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water is more easily absorbed into soil from a forest than in a soil from the desert. This is an example of soil…

• infiltration
• temperature
• color
• consistency
• time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Camila notices that soil from the rainforest has more water in it than soil from a forest. What property of soil is she observing?

• moisture
• infiltration
• color
• pH
• temperature

Samantha notices that a sample of soil from A-horizon has larger pieces of sediment than a sample of soil from B-horizon. What property of soil is being observed?

• texture
• pH
• biota
• infiltration
• fertility

After several decades of heavy rain, a piece of granite has now become a pile of sand and quartz. This is an example of…

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• decomposition
• infiltration
• pH

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2