3rd Grade Soil Vocabulary Quiz - Endeavor Elementary Oh
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By Dnjmontgomery on December 2, 2010
Question Excerpt
| 1. | The top layer of soil made up mostly of humus. Many small animals live here. |
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| 2. | The portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. |
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| 3. | Soil with the tiniest pieces (grains) of rock |
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| 4. | Soil with tiny pieces of rock big enough to see with your eyes. |
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| 5. | Part of soil made up of dead plants and animals |
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| 6. | The layer under topsoil, does not have much humus, but has small pieces of rock in it |
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| 7. | To look at, watch, or study closely |
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| 8. | Soil with pieces of rock too small to see with your eyes |
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| 9. | A single thickness of a material covering a surface |
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| 10. | Rotting or breaking down of material into smaller parts |
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| 11. | What something is made of |
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| 12. | The movement of weathered rock |
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| 13. | Deeper than subsoil, made of solid rock |
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| 14. | _______ is deeper than subsoil, made of solid rock |
| 15. | _________ is the movement of weathered rock. |
| 16. | ____ is what something is made of |
| 17. | ______ is the rotting or breaking down of material into smaller parts. |
| 18. | _____ is the top layer of soil made up motly of humus. Many small animals live here. |
| 19. | Is soil with pieces of rock too small to see with your eyes. |
| 20. | ______ is a single thickness of a material covering a surface. |
| 21. | True or False: To look at, watch, or study closely is to observe. |
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| 22. | Subsoil is the layer under topsoil, does have a ton of humus, and also has large pieces of rock in it. |
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| 23. | Clay is the part of soil made up of dead plants and animals. |
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| 24. | Sand is soil with the tiniest pieces (grains) of rock |
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| 25. | Sand is soil with tiny pieces of rock big enough to see with your eyes. |
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| 26. | Clay is the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. |
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