Soil Review

Soil Descriptions

100

What color is clay?

red or brown

200

What color is sand?

tan, beige

300

What is the texture of sand?

rough

400

What is the texture of silt?

rough

500

Which type of soil is made up of all the others?

Loam 

Soil Uses

100

What type of soil covers a beach?

Sand

200

What type of soil is used to make pottery?

Clay

300

What is the best type of soil to use when growing fruits and vegetables?

loam

400

Name one importance of having soil 

Answers vary 

500

What are 2 things that worms do to make soil healthy?

Answers vary

Weathering and Erosion

100

What do you call the movement of weathered rock and soil?

erosion

200

What do you call the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

weathering

300

True or False-Ice can cause weathering

True 

400

Does erosion happen quickly or slowly? Explain and give an example.

slowly

500

True or False-Wind can cause erosion. 

True