QUIZ 2- MIDTERM

Arrange the layers of the soil from top to bottom

• Organic layer

  Top soil

  Sub soil

  Parent material

  Bed rock

• Bed rock

  Parent material

  Sub soil

  Top soil

  Organic layer

• Top soil

  Organic layer

  Sub soil

  Bed rock

  Parent material

• Sub soil

  Top soil

  Organic layer

  Parent Material

  Bed rock

The practice of growing various crops on the same piece of land in a planned sequence.

• Contour farming

• Crop rotation

• Terracing

• Intercropping

Describe the kind of soil by biome in the photo that has clay particles since the silt and sand are easily blown away.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Desert

• Dessert

What soil by biome is in the photo that has a lack of nutrients due to short growth period during the summer?

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Grassland

• Tropical Forest

What soil by biome that contains a large portion of clay, that retains water in the soil for later use by plants that is high in nutrients?

• Grassland

• Tropical rainforest

• Tundra

• Taiga

What is the first "R" in waste hierarchy?

• Rethink

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Repurpose

The waste materials such as cans and plastic bottles are compacted into blocks and sent for recycling. This process prevents the oxidation of metals and reduces airspace need, thus making transportation and positioning easy.

• Vermicomposting

• Compacting

• Composting

• Land filling

Vermicomposting is the process of using _________for the degradation of organic matter into nutrient-rich manure. Worms consume and digest the organic matter.

• animal manure

• organic chemical

• inorganic chemical

• worms

Choose two characteristics of hazardous waste.

• Toxicity

• Reactivity

• Leachate

• Biogas

The agricultural preparation of soil by plowing, ripping, or turning it.

• Tillage

• Shelterbelt

• Agroforest

• Alleycropping