In which layer do most
grasses grow?
a. solid rock
b. topsoil
c. subsoil
d. bedrock
b. topsoil
When bits of ice from the
clouds fall through warm air,
we have...
a. snow
b. rain
c. sleet
b. rain
What holds water better?
a. Clay
b. Humus
c. Sandy soil
d. None of the above
b. Humus
The three main "layers" of
soil area. clay, silt, sand
b. topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
c. water, humus, nutrients
d. rock, humus, clay
b. topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
Soil helps trees because soila. makes food for the trees
b. gives nutrients to the trees
c. turns the roots into new
trees
d. moves the tree seeds to new
places
b. gives nutrients to the trees
Too much rain or too much
precipitation can cause:
a. drought
b. flood
c. evaporation
b. flood
When water disappears from
a glass on a hot, sunny day, it
is
a. boiling
b. condensating
c. melting
d. evaporating
d. evaporating
Which of these is more
important for plants than
animals in order to live?
a. air
b. water
c. sunlight
d. a place to live
c. sunlight
Soil that is a mixture of clay,
sand, and humus is
called____________.
a. sandy soil
b. clay soil
c. silt
d. rocky soil
c. silt
Soil is formed through the
process occurring over many
years, weather, water, and
living things help break down
rocks and create soil.
a. layering
b. conserving
c. weathering
d. growing
c. weathering
The step after condensation
forming clouds occurs when
water falls from the clouds.
This is
called______________.
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. precipitation
c. precipitation
Soil is a __________resource
which means it takes a long
time to form.
a. man-made
b. nutrient
c. conserving
d. natural
d. natural
Silt is lighter and looser than
clay soil so that watera. runs through it quickly
b. is not permitted to pass
through easily
c. is held better than silt
d. none of the above
d. none of the above
Soil is usually made up of tiny
particles of clay, minerals,
living organisms,
and__________.
a. dirt
b. water
c. humus
d. weathering
c. humus
The process of evaporation,
condensation, and
precipitation is called the :
a. water cycle
b. precipitation cycle
c. pollination process
d. flood cycle
a. water cycle
Condensation occurs when...
a. water is heated by the sun
and evaporates into a gas
b. as air cools it can hold less
water vapor so it condenses to
a cloud of droplets
c. water droplets become to
heavy for clouds to hold and fall
from the clouds back down to
earth
b. as air cools it can hold less
water vapor so it condenses to
a cloud of droplets
The decayed remains of dead
plants and animals and animals
that add nutrients to the soil
and is located in the topsoil
layer is called_________.
a. humus
b. support
c. subsoil
d. silt
a. humus
Sandy soil has few nutrients
and is loosely packed so that
watera. runs through it quickly
b. is not permitted to pass
through easily
c. is held better than silt
d. none of the above
a. runs through it quickly
Soil is made of the following
five components listed below:
a. grass, rocks, dirt, water, mud
b. topsoil, soil, subsoil, bedrock,
water
c. rock, clay, sand, humus, silt
d. none of the above
c. rock, clay, sand, humus, silt
Which of the following is
"not" a way to conserve or
save soil?
a. put terraces in a field
b. plant grass or trees
c. cut down trees
d. build jetties to block rising
tides from forming beach
erosion
c. cut down trees
Too little precipitation can
cause:
a. drought
b. flood
c. evaporation
a. drought
Sandy soil has few nutrients
and is loosely packed so that
watera. runs through it quickly
b. is not permitted to pass
through easily
c. is held better than silt
d. none of the above
a. runs through it quickly
Earthworms dig tunnels in soil
that allow air, water, and
nutrients to reach
plant_________________.
a. droplets
b. leaves
c. roots
d. soil
c. roots
When water vapor is heated
by the sun's rays, it turns
into water vapor which is
a_____________.
a. gas
b. solid
c. liquid
a. gas
Clouds form when water vapor
high above the earth
a. melts
b. condenses
c. evaporates
c. evaporates
Clouds are made up of tiny
water____________.
a. nutrients
b. flakes
c. droplets
d. crystals
c. droplets
Precipitation that falls as
frozen rain is
called_________
a. rain
b. snow
c. sleet
d. dirt
c. sleet
From our soil experiment we
learned that plants don't grow
well in clay soil and sandy soil
because:
a. clay soil is packed tightly so
water can't get to the soil
b. sandy soil has few nutrients
c. sandy soil is loosely packed so
water runs through it quickly
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Water in any form that "falls
from the clouds" is:
A. water cycle
b. precipitation
c. condensation
d, evaporation
b. precipitation
The origin of energy and drive
of the water cycle is:
a. plants
b. clouds
c. the sun
d. water
c. the sun
When the sun heats water, it
changes to a gas. This is
called_______________.
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. precipitation
a. evaporation
As a class, we conducted a
soil experiment because wea. need to study soil for the
SOL's
b. wanted to know what soil
component will grow the seeds
the best
c. liked to see seeds grow in the
classroom
d. none of the above
b. wanted to know what soil
component will grow the seeds
the best