Soil Types
What is soil?
The thin, top layer of the Earth’s surface formed from the breakdown of the rocks and organic matter.
What is a land breeze?
From the land towards the sea.
What are clouds?
A visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, formed when water vapor condenses
What is an igneous rock?
Formed from the cooling of molten rock
What is a stream?
Continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
What different kinds of soil are there?
Humus, topsoil, subsoil, loam, loess, and parent material.
What is an ocean breeze?
From the sea towards the land.
What is a barometer?
A barometer is an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining the altitude.
What is a sedimentary rock?
Formed from the accumulation of sediments of materials
What are characteristics that are needed in a stream?
A natural channel shape, good water quality, healthy biological, and stable flow
What is one characteristic of each type of soil? (hint: Humus, topsoil, subsoil, loam, loess, and parent material)
Humus: dark color; Topsoil: dark color and high organic matter; Subsoil: layer between topsoil; Loam: balanced mix of sand, silt, and clay; Loess: wind-deposited, largely homogenous; Parent Material: Underlying geological material from which soil develops.
What time does the land breeze occur?
Nighttime or early morning
What is barometric pressure?
The measurement of air pressure in the atmosphere.
What is a metamorphic rock?
Transformed from pre-existing rocks
What is a watershed?
An area of land where all water, whether surface or groundwater, drains to a common outlet or body of water.
Why are there different kinds of soil?
Climate, organisms, and parent materials cause change.
What time does the ocean breeze occur?
Afternoon
What are different cloud types?
Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
Give three examples of one igneous, one sedimentary, and one metamorphic rock.
Igneous: Obsidian, Basalt, Pumice; Sedimentary: Limestone, Sandstone, Shale, Coal; Metamorphic: Slate, Quartzite, Marble, Gneiss
What is the water quality for a stream?
Turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and the presence of pollutants.
What are the different kinds of parent material?
Residual (formed in place), transported (moved by water, wind, or ice)
In which biomes are ocean breezes most likely to happen?
Coastal areas, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions
What are the differences between the clouds?
Cirrus (wispy); Cumulus (big, cloudy); stratus (straight or curvy line-like)
What are the differences between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
They are all made of different items and look different from one another.
What is a tributary?
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.