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Test Description: Soil
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) This is the solid rock that lies beneath the soil and is the parent material of soil.
A
slate
B
subsoil
C
rubble
D
bedrock
2) This is the decaying remains of plants and animals.
A
litter
B
humus
C
bedrock
D
whomus
3) What fills in the spaces between soil particles?
A
fungi and bacteria
B
organic matter
C
concrete and gravel
D
air and water
4) These materials help make up the mixture known as soil.
A
fungi, bacteria, meteorites
B
silt, sand, clay
C
water, air, sunlight
D
rocks, plastic, minerals
5) Soil supplies plants with ______________ and ______________.
A
humus and animus
B
sunlight and lichens
C
protists and decomposers
D
water and support
6) Without soil, few __________ could survive on Earth.
A
rocks
B
inorganic matter
C
mushrooms
D
organisms
7) This describes the size of soil particles.
A
leaching
B
coarse
C
texture
D
tundra
8) This is the removing or washing away of the minerals in soil.
A
leaching
B
tundra
C
texture
D
taiga
9) This can be removed by running water, glaciers, wind, or waves.
A
soil
B
leaching
C
texture
D
residual
10) An area's _________ helps to affect the type of soil formed from bedrock.
A
limestone
B
particles
C
climate
D
conservation
11) Soil forms in layers called _______.
A
orbits
B
views
C
skylines
D
horizons
12) These are all the layers that make up the soil in an area. Most soils have at least three layers.
A
soil depiction
B
soil outline
C
soil profile
D
soil study
13) Together, the A and O horizon make up the ___________ of soil.
A
top layer
B
texture
C
inorganic material
D
bottom layer
14) Soil that has at least three horizons is called __________ and can take thousands of years to form.
A
mature soil
B
geriatric soil
C
immature soil
D
infantile soil
15) Under the bottom horizon of a soil profile is ____________________.
A
C horizon
B
chairock
C
couchrock
D
bedrock
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