Soil Vocabulary 4.7A

What properties of soils will be examined according to the learning material?

• Color and taste

• Texture and smell

• Color and texture

• Smell and capacity to retain heat

What is one of the abilities of soil that is important for the growth of plants, as mentioned in the learning material?

• Ability to retain air

• Ability to retain water

• Ability to retain heat

• Ability to retain light

What does the term "examine" mean?

• How much an item can hold

• How something feels when touched

• To look at something carefully and discover something new

• Color, texture, capacity to retain water and ability to support plants

What are considered as "properties of soil"?

• How something feels when touched

• To look at something carefully and discover something new

• How much an item can hold

• Color, texture, capacity to retain water and ability to support plants

What does "texture" refer to?

• How much an item can hold

• Color, texture, capacity to retain water and ability to support plants

• To look at something carefully and discover something new

• How something feels when touched

What is the meaning of "capacity" in this context?

• How something feels when touched

• To look at something carefully and discover something new

• How much an item can hold

• Color, texture, capacity to retain water and ability to support plants

What does the word "retain" mean?

• to increase in size, height, and weight

• to take in or soak up

• to hold or keep

• to help

What is the meaning of "support"?

• to hold or keep

• to take in or soak up

• to increase in size, height, and weight

• to help

What does "growth" refer to?

• to help

• to hold or keep

• to take in or soak up

• to increase in size, height, and weight

What is the definition of "absorb"?

• to help

• to hold or keep

• to increase in size, height, and weight

• to take in or soak up