Loam
Clay
Sand
Vocablulary
Random
100
Describe the color of loam.
What is black.
100
Describe the color of clay.
What is orange/red.
100
Describe the color of sand.
What is cream colored.
100
What is soil?
What is dirt.
100
How do you make the best mud pie?
What is don't add too much water! Add some particles!
200
Describe the texture of loam.
What is soft & smooth.
200
Describe the texture of clay.
What is hard & rough.
200
Describe the texture of sand.
What is GRITTY!
200
What does gritty mean?
What is the texture of sand. Rough.
200
When you want to sift soil, what should you use?
What is a screen.
300
Describe the particle sizes of loam.
What is small with a few bigger sizes.
300
Describe the size of clay.
What is little & big hard chunks mixed.
300
Describe the particle size of sand.
What is small tiny little pieces.
300
What does particles mean?
What is pieces that soil is made of.
300
What does it mean to investigate?
What is be a scientist! Check things out!
400
What is loam used for?
What is farming & growing plants/flowers.
400
What is clay used for?
What is to make bricks or pottery.
400
What is sand used for?
What is sandcastles or to make glass!
400
What does settling mean?
What is hwo the soil lands after shaking.
400
What kind of particles can you find in soil?
What is rocks, worms, sticks, or plants.
500
Tell me how loam settles/holds water. (speed, where it goes in a cup)
What is quickly & mixed all around the cup. It does not hold water well. The water quickly all drained out of the cup.
500
Tell me how clay settles or drains. (speed, where it goes in a cup)
What is slow & mixed throughout the cup. It holds water!
500
Tell me how sand settles & holds water. (speed, where it goes in a cup)
What is goes to the bottom really fast! It drains really fast!
500
What does it mean to investigate?
What is check something out. Be a scientist!
500
What is soil? Where does it come from?
What is broken down rocks, leaves, plants & minerals.
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