Soil Vocab.
A mixture of water, air , tiny pieces of rock, and humus.
What is soil?
This type of soil has the smallest particles, it retains a lot of water, it is powdery and soft when dry, and sticky when wet.
What is clay or clay rich soil?
A material found in nature that is of benefit to people and other living organisms.
What is a natural resource?
Examples are coal, natural gas and petroleum.
What are non-renewable resources?
Using the same item over and over again, for example a lunch box or a water bottle can be used daily.
What is reusing?
A vertical section of soil that shows the layers.
What is a soil profile?
This type of soil has large particles, it retains the least amount of water, it has a hard and grainy texture.
What is sand or sandy soil?
A resource that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time such as our lifetime.
What is a renewable resource?
Examples are plants and animals.
What is a renewable resources?
Using less of a resource, by walking or cycling to school instead of being driven to school or turning off the water faucet when brushing your teeth.
What is reducing?
This term refers to how something feels?
What is texture?
This is the remains of decomposing plants and animals in the soil?
What is humus?
A resource that cannot be replaced in a reasonable amount of time, in fact it takes millions of years to form?
What is a non-renewable resource?
Examples are aluminum, gold and silver.
What are non-renewable resources?
Collecting certain waste materials and having them processed into something new.
What is recycling?
The process of breaking down rocks into smaller and smaller pieces, eventually resulting in soil
What is weathering?
This type of soil is typically carried by moving water. Its particles are a larger than clay but smaller than sand.
What is silt?
A group of fuels found in the Earth that were formed from the remains of animals and plants millions of years ago.
What are fossil fuels?
Examples are air, water, sunlight, and oxygen
What are renewable resources?
An example would be collecting kitchen scraps and turning them into compost
What is recycling?
This word means to hold inside, as soil does with water
What is to retain?
This soil is a mixture of sand, silt, clay and humus. It is the best type of soil for growing plants and crops.
What is loam?
Using less of something to help its supply last longer
What is conservation?
Sometimes soil is classified as a renewable resource, somestimes it is classified as a non renewable resource. What do you think?
Soil takes tens of thousands of years to form from weathering rocks. - non-renewable resource
Soil covers much of the Earth's surface, so it is unlikely we will ever run out - renewable resource.
What are the 3 R's and give one example of each
Reduce, reuse and recycle
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