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Buds Public School, Dubai
SOIL QUIZ
Name: --------------------------- Class: -----------
Date: --------
Subject: Science
1. Soil is made up of four main ingredients. Choose the correct list of ingredients.
A: Tiny pieces of rock, humus, air and sand
B: Humus, or dead plant material, clay, water, and salts
C: Tiny pieces of rock, air, water, and humus or dead plant
material
D: Air, water, tiny pieces of rock, and manure
2. Choose three organisms that live in soil.
A: Worms
B: Moles
C: Bacteria
D: Cats
3. This type of soil dries out quickly after a rainstorm.
A: Clay
B: Loam
C: Sand
4. This type of soil is the best kind for growing most things.
A: Clay
B: Loam
C: Sand
5. This soil ingredient is made up of decayed plants and animals
A: Air
B: Humus
C: Minerals
D: Water
6. What is soil erosion?
A: The way soil is formed
B: A process that moves soil by wind and water away
from where it is needed
C: Another name for the greenhouse effect
D: Another name for soil pollution
7. What are the three main layers in a soil profile?
A: Minerals, humus, and air
B: Topsoil, subsoil, and parent material
C: Loam, sand, and clay
8. Soil is formed by the breaking up of rocks into tiny pieces, which is called weathering.
What are three things that can cause this weathering?
A: Wind
B: Water
C: Heating and cooling of the rock
D: Lightning
9. Which layer of soil has the most influence on the type of soil it is?
A: Parent material
B: Topsoil
C: Subsoil
10. From which layer of soil do plants get their nutrients?
A: Topsoil
B: Subsoil
C: Parent material
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