SOILS AND MEDIA REVIEW 2

HEALTHY SOIL IS FULL OF MICROORGANISMS.

• TRUE

• FALSE

____________________ CONVERTS NITROGEN INTO A USABLE FORM THAT A PLANT CAN USE.

• RHIZOBIA

• ORGANIC MATTER

• TOPSOIL

NAME THE FOLLOWING SOIL DWELLING INSECT

• DUNG BEETLE

• ANT

• TERMITE

• GRASSHOPPER

NAME THE PICTURED BURROWING ORGANISM.

• EARTHWORM

• MOLE

• PRAIRIE DOG

• GOPHER

SOILLESS MEDIA IS ALSO KNOWN AS _________________________. CHOOSE THE 2 BEST ANSWERS.

• POTTING SOIL

• GROW MIX

• NATIVE SOIL

• GARDEN SOIL.

SOILLESS POTTING MIXES ARE FREE FROM INSECTS, BACTERIA, DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS, ETC, BECAUSE THEY ARE ____________________.

• STERILE MIXES

• ORGANIC MIXES

• TOP SOIL MIXES

• NATIVE MIXES

SOILLESS MEDIA IS LIGHTER THAN GARDEN SOIL.

• TRUE

• FALSE

SOILLESS MEDIA HAS SMALLER PORE SPACES THAN GARDEN SOIL.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHICH HOLDS MORE WATER?

• SOILLESS MEDIA

• NATIVE/GARDEN SOIL

YOU SHOULD USE NATIVE GARDEN SOIL FROM YOUR YARD IN YOUR CONTAINER PLANTINGS.

• TRUE

• FALSE