Components of Soil
What are the three components of soil?
What is clay, sand, silt
What is the texture of sand when it is wet
What is the texture of silt?
What is smooth
What is the smallest particle
What is bedrock?
What is the solid rock beneath soil
What is the layer of soil called that is made up of decomposed organic matter?
What is Humus?
Is sand the largest of the smallest of soil particles?
What is largest?
Silt particles are smaller than sand but larger than what?
What is clay?
What is one disadvantage of clay in soil?
what is poor drainage?
Why is bedrock important for soil formation
What is it provides minerals for soil development
Which soil component feels gritty and has the largest particle size?
Sand
What type of plants typically grow well in sandy soil?
What are drought resistant plants?
What is one advantage of silt in soil?
What is it retains moisture well
What can clay soil hold better than other types of soil?
What are nutrients
What is the term for the process that breaks down the bedrock into soil?
What is weathering
What is the term for the solid rock beneath soil?
What is bedrock?
How does sand affect soil temperature?
What is it heats up quickly
What type of soil is known to be fertile due to silt?
What is loamy soil
What can clay hold better than other soil particles?
What is nutrients?
How deep can bedrock be found below the surface
What can vary greatly sometimes hundreds of feet deep
What is the term for the top layer of the soil that contains organic material
O Horizon
What is the particle size range of sand?
What is particle size range of sand?
What is the particle size for silt?
What is 002. to .05 mm
What happens to clay soil when it dries?
What is it cracks?
What types of rock can be found in bedrock?
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic