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