3rd Grade Soil Vocabulary Quiz - Endeavor Elementary Oh
26 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1362
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The top layer of soil made up mostly of humus. Many small animals live here.
- A.
Layer
- B.
Silt
- C.
Topsoil
- 2.The portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- A.
Sand
- B.
Clay
- C.
Soil
- 3.Soil with the tiniest pieces (grains) of rock
- A.
Clay
- B.
Sand
- C.
Humus
- 4.Soil with tiny pieces of rock big enough to see with your eyes.
- A.
Clay
- B.
Humus
- C.
Sand
- 5.Part of soil made up of dead plants and animals
- A.
Subsoil
- B.
Humus
- C.
Silt
- 6.The layer under topsoil, does not have much humus, but has small pieces of rock in it
- A.
Clay
- B.
Observe
- C.
Subsoil
- 7.To look at, watch, or study closely
- A.
Observe
- B.
Decomposition
- C.
Erosion
- 8.Soil with pieces of rock too small to see with your eyes
- A.
Layer
- B.
Silt
- C.
Topsoil
- 9.A single thickness of a material covering a surface
- A.
Topsoil
- B.
Layer
- C.
Erosion
- 10.Rotting or breaking down of material into smaller parts
- A.
Erosion
- B.
Bedrock
- C.
Decomposition
- 11.What something is made of
- A.
Erosion
- B.
Decomposition
- C.
Composition
- 12.The movement of weathered rock
- A.
Composition
- B.
Decomposition
- C.
Erosion
- 13.Deeper than subsoil, made of solid rock
- A.
Topsoil
- B.
Subsoil
- C.
Bedrock
- 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.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Subsoil is the layer under topsoil, does have a ton of humus, and also has large pieces of rock in it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Clay is the part of soil made up of dead plants and animals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Sand is soil with the tiniest pieces (grains) of rock
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Sand is soil with tiny pieces of rock big enough to see with your eyes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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