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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
Parent rock
C
Bedrock
D
Texture
2) Where soil comes from...
A
Parent rock
B
Texture
C
Bedrock
D
Structure
3) Soil may be moved long distances from its parent rock by rivers, wind, or air is called...
A
Deposition
B
Transported
C
Compaction
D
Cementation
4) Soil is made up of...
A
Minerals that can support vegetation
B
a loose mixture of small mineral fragments, organic material, water, and air that can support the gr
C
Minerals, grass,and air that can support vegetation
D
Minerals, dirt, and air that can support vegetation
5) Heavy rains that removes important nutrients from the soil is called?
A
Lichen
B
Crop rotation
C
Texture
D
Leaching
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 top layer of soil
D
the middle layer of soil
7) The properties of soil are...
A
fertility, composition, and air
B
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock
C
fertiity, texture, composition, horizon, pH
D
air, water, igneous rock
8) Soil is made up of distinct horizontal layers; these layers are called...
A
horizons
B
texture
C
fertiltiy
D
structure
9) Soil forms when...
A
Rock is weathered and mixes with other materials on earth surface.
B
Rock is depositied and compacted 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
Lichen
B
Acid Precipitation
C
Abrasion
D
Acids in Groundwater
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