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Unit 4: Layers Of The Earth, Plate Tectonics, Soil Formation, Soil Stewardship.
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Which type of boundary creates folded mountain ranges?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d)
Which type of boundary creates faults and earthquakes?
a) Convergent
b) Divergent
c) Transform
d)
The Earth's thickest layer
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Outer Core
d) Inner Core
The inner core is under extreme pressure making it
a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gas
d) Plasma
The reason the tectonic plates move
a) convection in the mantle
b) conduction in the mantle
c) convection in the crust
d) conduction in the crust
The basic components of soil are
a) Minerals, air, water
b) Minerals, organic matter, water, air
c) Rocks, air, water
d) Rocks and organic matter
The biggest part of soil is
a) Organic matter
b) Rocks or minerals
c) Air
d) Water
Permeable means
a) breaking down of rocks
b) allows liquids or gasses to pass through
c) movement of rocks
d) allows light to pass through
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
a) Tiny pieces of rock
b) Heat and pressure
c) Cooling of magma
d) Soil formation
Which types of rocks are made when magma or lava cools?
a) Igneous
b) Metamorphic
c) Sedimentary
d) Bedrock
The type of rocks made by heat and pressure
a) Sedimentary
b) Extrusive Igneous
c) Metamorphic
d) Intrusive Igneous
The idea of preserving and protecting soil
a) Erosion
b) Irrigation
c) Soil conservation
d) Nutrient replenishing
The process of breaking down rocks
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Farming
d) lithification
Oxygen (chemical weathering) creates what on rocks?
a) Lichens
b) Acids
c) Plant Growth
d) Rust (reddish spots)
What layer of soil is humus most abundant?
a) Topsoil
b) Subsoil
c) Parent Material
d) Bedrock
How do earthworms, fungi and bacteria help with soil formation?
a) Mix-up the soil
b) They are decomposers
c) They break up bedrock
d) They move parent material to the roots
How does organic fertilizer benefit soil?
a) Adds nutrients quickly
b) Adds nutrients slowly, but over a long period of time
c) Adds more weathered rock to the soil
d) Adds water and air into the soil
What is the purpose of wind breaks?
a) To add nutrients to the soil
b) To prevent soil erosion
c) To prevent animals from digging the soil up
d) To add organic matter to the soil
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