Soil Types Quiz

What generally does not shift, expand, or shrink drastically?

• Peat

• Sand

• Loam

• Silt

Sandy soil has very _____ water shedding properties.

• Good

• Poor

• Moderate

Clay is the ______ particle among the other types of soil.

• Smallest

• Largest

• Stickiest

• Rockiest

Sandy soil is composed of what type of particles?

• Tiny

• Rocky

• Sandy

• Sticky

Peat has excellent water _______

• Absorption

• Shedding

• Resistance

• All of the above

Clay has fantastic water absorption properties.

• True

• False

Peat is _____ for foundations.

• Perfect

• Terrible

• Necessary

• Optional

What happens if you build a house on silt?

• Lasts forever

• Cracks

• Falls apart

• Nothing

Clay is ______ for building upon.

• Ideal

• Necessary

• Not Ideal

• Restricted

Silt has what kind of particles?

• Small

• Large

• Rocky

• Sticky