Layers of soil
Additives and Preservatives
100

What are the names of all the different types of soils in order?

O horizon, A horizon, E horizon, B horizon, C horizon, R horizon

100

What substance has been added in small quantities to improve or preserve it?

It is an Additive

200

What layer of soil has humus in it?

O Horizon has humus in it

200

What type of soil additive is used to make roads and sidewalks less slippery but, interferes with plants and grass?

Road Salt does

300

What number of the layers in soil is called "B Horizon"?

It is the fourth layer of soil that is called B Horizon

300

What increases the amount of nutrients found in the soil, plants, and grass and also helps them grow?

It is called fertilizer

400

Which layer gets its minerals by the water droplets of the soil above?

B Horizon

500

What are the horizons also known as?

O Horizon - hummus   A Horizon - topsoil   E Horizon - Eluviation    B Horizon - subsoil   C Horizon - regolith    R Horizon - bedrock