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This is the solid rock that lies beneath the soil and is the parent material of soil.
a) bedrock
b) rubble
c) slate
d) subsoil

This is the decaying remains of plants and animals.
a) whomus
b) humus
c) bedrock
d) litter

What fills in the spaces between soil particles?
a) concrete and gravel
b) fungi and bacteria
c) air and water
d) organic matter

These materials help make up the mixture known as soil.
a) water, air, sunlight
b) rocks, plastic, minerals
c) fungi, bacteria, meteorites
d) silt, sand, clay

Soil supplies plants with ______________ and ______________.
a) water and support
b) sunlight and lichens
c) protists and decomposers
d) humus and animus

Without soil, few __________ could survive on Earth.
a) rocks
b) organisms
c) mushrooms
d) inorganic matter

This describes the size of soil particles.
a) coarse
b) tundra
c) texture
d) leaching

This is the removing or washing away of the minerals in soil.
a) texture
b) tundra
c) taiga
d) leaching

This can be removed by running water, glaciers, wind, or waves.
a) texture
b) leaching
c) soil
d) residual

An area's _________ helps to affect the type of soil formed from bedrock.
a) particles
b) conservation
c) limestone
d) climate

Soil forms in layers called _______.
a) horizons
b) skylines
c) views
d) orbits

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 depiction
d) soil study

Together, the A and O horizon make up the ___________ of soil.
a) bottom layer
b) texture
c) inorganic material
d) top layer

Soil that has at least three horizons is called __________ and can take thousands of years to form.
a) immature soil
b) mature soil
c) infantile soil
d) geriatric soil

Under the bottom horizon of a soil profile is ____________________.
a) bedrock
b) chairock
c) couchrock
d) C horizon

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