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Soil Formation
Test Description: Describe Soil as weathered rock
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The layer of rock beneath the soil is called?
A
Structure
B
Texture
C
Parent rock
D
Bedrock
2) Where soil comes from...
A
Bedrock
B
Structure
C
Texture
D
Parent rock
3) Soil may be moved long distances from its parent rock by rivers, wind, or air is called...
A
Deposition
B
Compaction
C
Transported
D
Cementation
4) Soil is made up of...
A
a loose mixture of small mineral fragments, organic material, water, and air that can support the gr
B
Minerals that can support vegetation
C
Minerals, dirt, and air that can support vegetation
D
Minerals, grass,and air that can support vegetation
5) Heavy rains that removes important nutrients from the soil is called?
A
Leaching
B
Lichen
C
Crop rotation
D
Texture
6) Residual soil means...
A
Soil that is carried away from its parent rock by ice, gravity, wind, water
B
Soil that remains above its parent rock
C
the middle layer of soil
D
the top layer of soil
7) The properties of soil are...
A
fertiity, texture, composition, horizon, pH
B
air, water, igneous rock
C
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock
D
fertility, composition, and air
8) Soil is made up of distinct horizontal layers; these layers are called...
A
horizons
B
fertiltiy
C
texture
D
structure
9) Soil forms when...
A
Rock is depositied and compacted and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
B
Rock is weathered and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
C
Rock is eroded and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
D
Rock is deposited and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
10) One agent of mechanical weathering is...
A
Abrasion
B
Acids in Groundwater
C
Acid Precipitation
D
Lichen
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