1.3- Characteristics of Soil; 1.4- Soil Nutrients

The lower layer of soil that is mostly mineral material is ? .

• topsoil

• loam

• bedrock

• subsoil

The underground layer that provides a firm foundation for the earth's surface is ? .

• topsoil

• loam

• bedrock

• subsoil

What value measures the pull of gravity on an object?

• weight

• volume

• density

• mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What value measures how tightly packed matter is?

• weight

• volume

• density

• mass

Soil material primarily derived from nonliving matter is called organic material.

• true

• false- mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Reusing old materials is decomposition.

• true

• false- recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Anything that provides a partial representation of something else is a model.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion is deductive reasoning.

• true

• false- inductive

Testing the same hypothesis under different conditions and reaching the same conclusion is called repeatability.

• true

• false- reproducibility

Pedologists use Munsell charts to provide standard names and descriptions of color.

• true

• false