Soil Texture Charts

Which soil contains 70% clay, 10% silt, and 20% sand

• sandy clay

• clay loam

• silty clay

• clay

Which best describes silt loam soil? Choose all that apply.

• silt loam contains 10% sand, 70% silt, and 20% clay

• silt loam contains 90% silt, 10% clay, and 0% sand

• silt loam contains 20% sand, 20% clay and 60% silt,

• silt loam contains 35% clay, 60% silt, and 5% sand

Which best describes sandy clay loam?

• sandy clay loam contains 60% sand and 40% silt

• sandy clay loam contains 30% silt, 35% clay, and 25% sand

• sandy clay loam loam contains 20 % silt, 30% clay, and 50% sand.

• sandy clay loam contains 50% clay and 50% sand

Which soil contains 17% clay, 43% silt, and 40% sand

• sandy loam

• clay loam

• silt loam

• loam

Match the soil types with the correct description

• 10% sand, 5% clay, 85% silt

• sandy clay

• 75% sand, 5% clay, 15% silt

• loamy sand

• 55% sand, 40% clay, 5% silt

• silt

Describe the percentages of the various soil particles in clay loam.