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Soil and Water Cycle Review

Soil and Water Cycle Review. Mrs. DeLaura’s 3 rd Grade Class. The carrying of weathered pieces of rock by wind, water, and gravity is called _____. erosion. The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces, such as sand, silt, or clay is called ______. weathering.

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Soil and Water Cycle Review

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  1. Soil and Water Cycle Review Mrs. DeLaura’s 3rd Grade Class

  2. The carrying of weathered pieces of rock by wind, water, and gravity is called _____.

  3. erosion

  4. The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces, such as sand, silt, or clay is called ______.

  5. weathering

  6. Land surfaces that are not covered with plants are more likely to _______.

  7. lose soil through erosion

  8. Soil is created by a process of ____.

  9. weathering

  10. Materials that plants need to live and grow are ___________.

  11. nutrients

  12. Soil helps plants to grow by providing ____ and _____.

  13. support and nutrients

  14. The components of soil are ___________.

  15. rock, clay, silt, sand, and humus

  16. The upper surface layer of soil is called ______.

  17. topsoil

  18. The layer of rock underneath the topsoil is called ____.

  19. subsoil

  20. The layer of soil that has the most nutrients for plants is the _____.

  21. topsoil

  22. The plant nutrients in soil come from _____.

  23. humus

  24. The solid layer of rock beneath the subsoil and loose rocks is called _____.

  25. bedrock

  26. There is a layer of loose rocks between the ______ and ______.

  27. topsoil and subsoil

  28. The pieces of decayed plants and animals in soil are called _____.

  29. humus

  30. The top layers of soil are produced when bedrock _______.

  31. breaks into smaller pieces

  32. The process of producing soil takes many ______.

  33. years

  34. Tiny particles of soil the are tightly packed, hold water well and provide some nutrients are called _____.

  35. clay

  36. Small grains of worn down rock that have few nutrients and do not hold water well are ______.

  37. sand

  38. Soil particles that are larger than clay, but smaller than sand are _____.

  39. silt

  40. The energy source that drives the water cycle is the ____.

  41. sun

  42. The three processes that are involved in the water cycle are ___, ___, and ___.

  43. Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

  44. Ponds, lakes, streams, oceans, and underground are all places where _____.

  45. water is stored

  46. The movement of water from the ground to the air and then back to the ground is called ____.

  47. The water cycle

  48. The process by which liquid water is turned to water vapor is called ____.

  49. evaporation

  50. The process in the water cycle by which water vapor is changed back into liquid water is called ____.

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