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  1. Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt

  2. The best soil for water absorption is

  3. Humus

  4. What three things does the color of soil tell us?

  5. The way a soil looks.2. How warm a soil will get when heated by the sun.3. What minerals are in the soil.

  6. The movement of rocks pieces from one place to another is

  7. Erosion

  8. What is terracing?

  9. Cutting wide, flat planting areas into the sides of steep hills or mountains.

  10. Rotting plants and animal materials that are part of the topsoil are called?

  11. Humus

  12. What are the 2 types of soil texture?

  13. Fine and Coarse

  14. What is soil made up of?

  15. Weathered rock and humus

  16. True or FalseClay doesn’t absorb much water so it needs long dry periods in order for plants to grow.

  17. True

  18. What product do you add to soil to increase soil richness?

  19. Fertilizer

  20. In order to prevent wind erosion, farmer do what to conserve soil?

  21. Strip Cropping

  22. What happens to soil when growing the same crop year after year in it?

  23. The crop can use up certain nutrients in the soil.

  24. What is soil that is rich in nutrients?

  25. Fertile

  26. Farmers and gardeners practice this in order to help save soil.

  27. Soil Conservation

  28. What is the process of rocks being broken up by growing plant roots?

  29. Weathering

  30. The practice of planting crops between rows of other crops to help hold soil in place is

  31. Strip Cropping

  32. Farmers control soil loss on hill sides by using

  33. Contour Plowing

  34. What does a soil with a fine texture look like?

  35. Small grains, dust or powdery, that are smooth.

  36. What is water absorption?

  37. A soil’s ability to hold water.

  38. What are the four properties of soil?

  39. Water AbsorptionColorTextureSoil Richness

  40. What 2 things do a soil’s texture tell you?

  41. What a soil will feel likeThe size of particles that make up a soil

  42. What 2 processes form soil?

  43. Weathering and erosion

  44. What are the 3 layers of soil?

  45. Topsoil, Subsoil, and Bedrock

  46. The bedrock layer is made up mostly of what?

  47. Solid Rock

  48. How long does it take for the processes to form soil?

  49. Thousands of years

  50. What part of a plant is able to break rocks apart?

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