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(Standard S6E5 h. Describe soil as consisting of weather rocks and decomposed organic matter.)
1. Complete the Reading at your Table Station
2. Place the following steps of soil formation in the correct order:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Worms, insects, bacteria, and fungi living among the plant roots add organic matter to the soil.
Rock at the surface begins to fracture and break down (weather)
Plants and animals in the soil die, they break down, or decay, and form dark humus
Rocks weather into smaller fragments; plants begin to grow in the weathered rock.
1. Using the correct order of soil formation, create visuals/illustrations/pictures to go along with the descriptions.
2. Why is soil considered a nonrenewable natural resource? (Complete the reading.)
Station 3
(Standard S6E5 h. Describe soil as consisting of weather rocks and decomposed
organic matter.)
1. Completing the Reading at your table station and take notes
2. Place the following steps of soil formation in the correct order:
a. Worms, insects, bacteria, and fungi living among the plant roots add
organic matter to the soil.
b. Rock at the surface begins to fracture and break down (weather)
c. Plants and animals in the soil die, they break down, or decay, and form
dark humus
d. Rocks weather into smaller fragments; plants begin to grow in the
weathered rock.
3. Using the correct order of soil formation, create visuals/illustrations/pictures
to go along with the descriptions.
4. Why is soil considered a nonrenewable natural resource?
5. Each member of the group will select one of the soil formation terms listed
below. You will explain the role that your term plays in the formation of soil.
As a group, you will use your explanations to create a collaborative story
board (words and illustrations) of how soil forms. (Make sure that your story
and illustrations are creative and comprehensive.)
a. Humus
b. Decomposer
c. Weathered rock
d. Parent rock
e. Litter