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Describe Soil As Weathered Rock. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

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, grass,and air that can support vegetation
c) Minerals, dirt, and air that can support vegetation
d) Minerals that can support vegetation

Where soil comes from...
a) Parent rock
b) Bedrock
c) Texture
d) Structure

Soil may be moved long distances from its parent rock by rivers, wind, or air is called...
a) Transported
b) Deposition
c) Compaction
d) Cementation

The layer of rock beneath the soil is called?
a) Bedrock
b) Parent rock
c) Structure
d) Texture

One agent of mechanical weathering is...
a) Abrasion
b) Acids in Groundwater
c) Acid Precipitation
d) Lichen

Soil forms when...
a) Rock is weathered and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
b) Rock is deposited and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
c) Rock is eroded and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
d) Rock is depositied and compacted and mixes with other materials on earth surface.

Soil is made up of distinct horizontal layers; these layers are called...
a) horizons
b) structure
c) texture
d) fertiltiy

The properties of soil are...
a) fertiity, texture, composition, horizon, pH
b) igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock
c) fertility, composition, and air
d) air, water, igneous rock

Residual soil means...
a) Soil that remains above its parent rock
b) Soil that is carried away from its parent rock by ice, gravity, wind, water
c) the top layer of soil
d) the middle layer of soil

Heavy rains that removes important nutrients from the soil is called?
a) Leaching
b) Lichen
c) Texture
d) Crop rotation

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