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How are decomposed animals helpful to soil?

Plants do not need soil to grow.

Earth-Space Science - Wk 3 Soil

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1
Plants do not need soil to grow.
True
False
2
How are decomposed animals helpful to soil?
They contain seeds to grow new life.
They provide shade to the soil.
The nutrients that become food for all kinds of organisms.
They help speed up the rock cycle.
3
What makes the rock cycle different from other cycles in nature?
It happens very quickly.
It begins with the sun.
can go in many different directions.
It makes a complete circle.
4
"The Soil Family" includes different sized particles called ____.
loam, organic matter, sand and silt
clay, loam, sand and soil
clay, loam, sand and silt
dirt, clay, sand and silt
5
What is a method for growing plants in water without soil?
organic foods
hydrosphere
crop rotation
hydroponics
6
At one time or another, most rocks become ____.
sedimentary
igneous
all of the above
metamorphic
7
Soil conservation is important to restore nutrients & to prevent erosion.
True
False
8
Which of the following is not a type of rock?
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
magma
9
What method would best fit the diagram to keep soil rich and healthy?
irrigating the soil with lots of water
planting bushes around a field to stop wind erosion
planting the same crop every year
planting crops on top of a hill
10
In the early 1700s, a farmer named Charles Townsend experimented with ____.
crop rotation
turning rocks into soil
growing plants without water
how different rocks melt