Soil review

Which soil particle holds water the best?

• silt

• sand

• loam

• clay

Students do an experiment to test how quickly water will drain through cups of soil. Which of the following statements is true?

• the water will drain fastest through the soil with the darkest color

• the water will drain fastest through the soil with the largest particles

• the water will drain fastest through the soil with the smallest particles

• the water will drain fastest through the soil with the lightest color

The darker a soil's color, the more _______

• organic matter it holds

• the more water it has retained

• the worse it is for growing plants

• colors it has in it

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Which soil has the largest particle size?

• clay

• sand

• loam

• gravel

Which of the following best describes loam?

• it does not hold water well

• it does not have any nutrients

• it has too much organic matter

• it has a mixture of particle sizes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A student wants to find out what type of soil could grow flowers the best. Which of the following is the best investigation to carry out?

• add seeds to sand and measure the growth

• plant a seed in each type of soil and measure the growth

• add water to each soil and plant the seeds in the one that holds the most water

• plant them in a mixture of all the soils and measure their growth

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Sandy soils can very in texture and size. If a type of sand is made of very large pieces, the texture would most likely be _____

• very fine

• somewhat fine

• somewhat rough

• very rough

What most likely created the Grand Canyon?

• wind wore down a path trough the mountains

• chemicals wore away a path through the rocks

• tree roots grew and broke away the rocks

• the river wore down the rock over thousands of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which of the following is a property of soil?

• color

• texture

• ability to retain water

• all of the above

Old landforms are destroyed by a process called ____ where materials are carried away form a place by water, wind, or ice.

• retention

• erosion

• change

• deposition

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