Soil
More Soil
Even more soil!
Fun facts
100

The top layer of the earth is called:

Soil

100

Humus  _________ the plants that grow in the soil.

Feeds

100

Gravol and sand allow water to _________.

Drain

100

The three ways that rocks can be broken down into soil are:

By water, by wind and by living organisms.

200

The four parts of soil (must name 2)

Minerals, air, minerals and organic matter

200

Clay is:

Thick sticky soil.

200

Loam is:

Soil that has Humus, silt and clay as its parts.

200

A living organism is something that is ___________.

Alive

300

Organic matter is:

Anything that was once living or is currently alive  ex: insects, plants, bacteria, fungi and animals

300

Clay ____________ water long enough for the plants to be able to absorb the water in their roots.

Holds

300

Rocks that are broken down into tiny pieces make________.

Soil.

300

List 3 ways you can see rocks being used inside this classroom.

examples: Light bulbs, windows (glass), tile floor, metal hooks, concrete walls. 

400

Humus is:

nutrient rich soil!

400

Silt is a ____________ kind of soil.

Fine grained.
400

Water plays a part in making soil in two ways. These ways are:

Moving water that breaks rocks and freezing and melting water that can crack rocks. 

400

graphite is the kind of rock used in our ________.

Pencil leads.