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Soil Test Circle the correct answer. 1. Which layer of soil do flowers grow the best in? a. subsoil c. topsoil b. bedrock d. clay

2. Which type of soil holds water the best? a. sand c. humus b. silt d. clay

3. Farmers use crop rotation, contour planting, or strip cropping to stop______. a. weathering c. erosion b. planting d. farming

4. Which of the following is something you would not find in soil? a. glass c. silt b. humus d. sand

5. Which of the following are layers of soil? a. humus, sand, rock c. topsoil, subsoil, bedrock b. loam, sand, clay d. sand, rock, topsoil

6. Humus is made up of ___________: a. sand and rock c. glass and sand b. decayed plants and animals d. rock and clay

7. Which of the following is not a component of soil? a. rock c. worms b. clay d. silt

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Fill-in-the-blank: Use the word bank to fill in the correct word in each blank. Word Bank nonrenewable topsoil nutrients silt sand weathering contour wind

9. Soil is important for plants because it provides the _____________________ that plants need to live and grow. 10. The process that takes many years and breaks down rocks to make soil is called _________________.

11. ________________ planting is when crops are planting around a hill instead of up and down it. 12. ________________ is the upper soil surface and is a natural product of subsoil and bedrock. 13. ________________ is made up of small grains of worn-down rock, has few nutrients, and does not hold water well. 14. _______________ is made up of very small broken pieces of rock. 15. Soil is a ________________________ resource because it takes millions of years for it to form. 16. Rain, ice, and _________ are causes of erosion.

17. Farmer Bill plants the same crops in his field each year. His crops are not growing very well, but he doesnt know why. Write below what method Farmer Bill should use to conserve the soil and explain why he should use that method. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

18-20. Write the name of the soil layer beside of the correct layer of soil. Then cut out the descriptions at the bottom and glue them beside of the correct layer.

Bedrock

Topsoil

Subsoil

This layer of soil is made up of solid rock.

This layer of soil is made up of small pieces of rock and plants do not grow well here. This layer of soil has the best nutrients for plants to grow.

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