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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
subsoil
C
rubble
D
slate
2) This is the decaying remains of plants and animals.
A
whomus
B
bedrock
C
litter
D
humus
3) What fills in the spaces between soil particles?
A
air and water
B
concrete and gravel
C
fungi and bacteria
D
organic matter
4) These materials help make up the mixture known as soil.
A
silt, sand, clay
B
fungi, bacteria, meteorites
C
rocks, plastic, minerals
D
water, air, sunlight
5) Soil supplies plants with ______________ and ______________.
A
water and support
B
humus and animus
C
protists and decomposers
D
sunlight and lichens
6) Without soil, few __________ could survive on Earth.
A
organisms
B
mushrooms
C
rocks
D
inorganic matter
7) This describes the size of soil particles.
A
leaching
B
texture
C
tundra
D
coarse
8) This is the removing or washing away of the minerals in soil.
A
taiga
B
tundra
C
leaching
D
texture
9) This can be removed by running water, glaciers, wind, or waves.
A
leaching
B
texture
C
soil
D
residual
10) An area's _________ helps to affect the type of soil formed from bedrock.
A
limestone
B
conservation
C
climate
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 study
B
soil outline
C
soil profile
D
soil depiction
13) Together, the A and O horizon make up the ___________ of soil.
A
bottom layer
B
texture
C
inorganic material
D
top 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
couchrock
C
chairock
D
bedrock
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