The importance of Soil

Soil is ...

• The uppermost layer of the earth’s surface

• The dirt under your shoes

• The rocky part of land

Soil is made up of two of the following

• Air and

  Minerals

• Stones

• Weeds

• Worms and rocks

. The lower down you go, the more

• dark it becomes

• rocky it becomes

• wet it becomes

• scary it becomes

The earth’s top layers allow

• Allow worms to live

• plants to bury their roots to absorb water and nutrients

• Allow farmers to work

How long does soil take to form?

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1000 years

Soil helps prevent

• rain

• slipping

• flooding

• plants growing

Plants grow in soil they use it

• to have a safe space to sleep

• to get water and nutrients

• to get sunlight

• to have fun with other plants

A scientist that studies soil is called

• a pediatric

• a pedologist

• a physicist

• a psychologist

What is top soil

• This is the layer where rocks are

• This is the layer where leaves fall

• This is a thin layer where plants and animals live. 

What is bedrock?

• This is below the surface and is made of soil rock

• This is in the middle and full of stones

• This is on the top and worms live there