SOILS UNIT TEST UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is soil?
Answer:
the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a
mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
Question:
2. What is one use of the soil for plants?
Answer:
Anchorage
Question:
3. What is one mineral found in the soil that the plant uses?
Answer:
Oxygen
Question:
4. What are found in the soil that plants can not live without?
Answer:
Nutrients
Question:
5. Caused by front edge of glacier pushing soil
Answer:
Glacial Erosion
Question:
6. Occurs on sloping land that is wet
Answer:
Land Slippage
Question:
7. Process by which soil is moved
Answer:
Soil Erosion
Question:
8. Caused by runoff
Answer:
Water Erosion
Question:
9. Usually occurs in dry climates where soil is loose
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is soil?
Answer:
the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a
mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
Question:
2. What is one use of the soil for plants?
Answer:
Anchorage
Question:
3. What is one mineral found in the soil that the plant uses?
Answer:
Oxygen
Question:
4. What are found in the soil that plants can not live without?
Answer:
Nutrients
Question:
5. Caused by front edge of glacier pushing soil
Answer:
Glacial Erosion
Question:
6. Occurs on sloping land that is wet
Answer:
Land Slippage
Question:
7. Process by which soil is moved
Answer:
Soil Erosion
Question:
8. Caused by runoff
Answer:
Water Erosion
Question:
9. Usually occurs in dry climates where soil is loose