ASP 3.1 Key Terms

What is the process by which air in the soil is replenished by air from the atmosphere?

• Aeration

• Drainage

• Fertilizer

• Perlite

What is the term for the tissues outside the vascular tissue overlying a woody stem?

• Media

• Bark

• Peat

• Pumice

What is the system for the measurement of volume or space in cubic units?

• Density

• Volume

• Cubic measurement

• Mass

What is the removal of surplus ground or surface water by artificial means called?

• Aeration

• Drainage

• Fertilizer

• Vermiculite

What is any organic or inorganic material added to soil or water to provide plant nutrients called?

• Peat

• Fertilizer

• Pumice

• Perlite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is a measure of the amount of matter in an object?

• Volume

• Density

• Mass

• Cubic measurement

What is soil or soil-like material in which plants are grown called?

• Media

• Bark

• Peat

• Vermiculite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is a fibrous, partly decayed fragment of vascular plants that retains enough structure to be identified as originating from certain plants?

• Perlite

• Peat

• Pumice

• Vermiculite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a volcanic glass having numerous concentric cracks that give rise to perlitic structure?

• Pumice

• Vermiculite

• Perlite

• Bark

What is a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass?

• Peat

• Pumice

• Perlite

• Media