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Test Description: To help you study for your soil test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is NOT a characteristic of horizon O?
A
Has NO living organisms
B
Has a large amount of organisms
C
Nutrients are recycled
D
Decayed plants and animals
2) What is NOT a characteristic of horizon A?
A
Plant roots are here
B
Has living organisms
C
Also called the subsoil level
D
Also called topsoil level
3) What is NOT a characteristic of horizon B?
A
Basements are built in this level
B
All bedrock
C
red or yellow in color
D
Has chunks of rock
4) What is NOT a characteristic of horizon C?
A
Has living organisms
B
Large amounts of rock
C
No or very few living organisms
D
Foundations for buildings are built here
5) What does Leaching mean?
A
Where water spreads nutrients to lower horizons
B
Black bugs that tunnel through the soil
C
Organic material found at the surface
D
Where worms spread nutirents
6) What does the term Humus mean?
A
A dip served at restaurants
B
Where water spreads nutrients
C
All of the soil horizons together
D
Dark colored, decayed organic matter found in the top layer of soil
7) Which type of soil is best for growing crops?
A
Clay
B
Loam
C
Sand
D
Silt
8) Which type of soil has the smallest particle?
A
Gravel
B
Clay
C
Silt
D
Sand
9) Which type of soil holds water for a long time?
A
Gravel
B
Clay
C
Silt
D
Sand
10) Which type of soil does NOT hold water?
A
Silt
B
Clay
C
Loam
D
Sand
11) Which property describes how much space is in between particles and how water moves through soil?
A
Texture
B
Chemistry
C
Pore Space
D
Color
12) Which is the proper order (from smallest to largest) in terms of particle size?
A
gravel, silt, sand, clay
B
clay, sand, silt, gravel
C
clay, silt, sand, gravel
D
silt, clay, gravel, sand
13) Dark brown or black color soil often indicates:
A
Considerable iron oxides
B
A very young soil
C
A large amount of humus
D
Considerable moisture
14) What is the definition of weathering?
A
Process in which broken rocks are moved
B
Process in which rocks are broken down
C
Process where ice breaks rock
D
Process where roots break a rock
15) What is organic matter?
A
How easily water can move though soil
B
Once living things that provide nutrients for the soil
C
The distance between soil particles
D
Hard weathered rock
16) Where most of the animal waste and partially decomposed leaves are found.
A
Horizon A
B
Horizon B
C
Horizon R
D
Horizon O
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