Soil Quiz II

1. Soil Quiz II By : Crysta Hugo Lowndes Co. High School Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture Teacher July 2005 To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Modified for Colorado Soils Curriculum 2006 Soils Game 1

2. Words to know Soil Moisture Soil structure Microorganism other 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 Soils Game 1

3. Terms for 1 Question: Areas where water slows down and the soil particles settle to the bottom. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

4. Terms for 1 Answer: Deltas Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

5. Terms for 2 Question: Fine soil particles like silt and clay deposited by the wind create what type of soils? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

6. Terms for 2 Answer: Loess soils Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

7. Terms for 3 Question: Process that breaks down rock into soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

8. Terms for 3 Answer: Weathering Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

9. Terms for 4 Question: Organic material in the soil that comes from living sources. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

10. Terms for 4 Answer: Humus Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

11. Terms for 5 Question: Organisms that can be seen by the unaided eye. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

12. Terms for 5 Answer: Macroorganisms Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

13. Soil Moisture for 1 Question: What is available water? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

14. Soil Moisture for 1 Answer: Amount of water between field capacity and wilting point Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

15. Soil Moisture for 2 Question: What is wilting point? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

16. Soil Moisture for 2 Answer: the point where the soil has too little water and plants can no longer recover from wilting Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

17. Soil Moisture for 3 Question: What is adhesion? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

18. Soil Moisture for 3 Answer: Attraction of two different molecules – water to soil Water held by adhesion is not available to plant Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

19. Soil Moisture for 4 Question: What is cohesion? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

20. Soil Moisture for 4 Answer: Attraction of 2 similar molecules Water held by cohesion is available to plant Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

21. Soil Moisture for 5 Question: What is field capacity? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

22. Soil Moisture for 5 Answer: When soil contains the maximum amount of available water Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

23. Structure for 1 Question: If most of the soil is formed into peds and can be handled without breaking up, what kind of structure does it have? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

24. Structure for 1 Answer: Strong Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

25. Structure for 2 Question: Soil texture is the ______ of sand, silt and clay in a soil sample. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

26. Structure for 2 Answer: Percentage Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

27. Structure for 3 Question: peds are held together by _____. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

28. Structure for 3 Answer: Humus Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

29. Structure for 4 Question: What is a clod? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

30. Structure for 4 Answer: a mass of soil that is cemented together unnaturally by a soil disturbance Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

31. Structure for 5 Question: What are six of the seven common soil structures? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

32. Structure for 5 Answer: 1.angular blocky 2.granular 3.platy 4.prismatic 5.columnar 6. Crumb 7.subangular blocky Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

33. Microorganisms for 1 Question: _______ are bacteria that fix nitrogen in the soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

34. Microorganisms for 1 Answer: Rhizobia Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

35. Microorganisms for 2 Question: Rhizobia live in ______ on the roots of leguminous plants. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

36. Microorganisms for 2 Answer: Nodules Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

37. Microorganisms for 3 Question: When a plant dies, decomposition returns the nutrients the plant took from the soil back to the soil. What is this know as? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

38. Microorganisms for 3 Answer: Carbon Cycle Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

39. Microorganisms for 4 Question: ______ are one celled organisms that live in moist soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

40. Microorganisms for 4 Answer: Protozoa Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

41. Microorganisms for 5 Question: _____ are tiny worms that live in the soil. Many feed on the roots of plants. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

42. Microorganisms for 5 Answer: Nematodes Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

43. Other for 1 Question: _____ are among the most abundant animals that live in the soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

44. Other for 1 Answer: Earthworms Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

45. Other for 2 Question: Earthworms enhance the _____ by burrowing through the layers of soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

46. Other for 2 Answer: Soil Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

47. Other for 3 Question: A crop that is grown for organic matter and is turned back into the soil. Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

48. Other for 3 Answer: Green Manure Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1

49. Other for 4 Question: What is the largest source of organic matter in the soil? Check Your Answer Soils Game 1

50. Other for 4 Answer: Plant roots Back to the Game Board Soils Game 1