1. Soils Review

2. Question #1

3. Answer Texture.

4. Question #2 Where do growing plants get their nutrients and water from?

5. Answer The Soil.

6. Question #3 If I put soil in a cup with holes in the bottom and add water, what can I do to record how much water the soil will hold?

7. Answer Record how much water comes out the bottom.

8. Question #4 How could a farmer test soil to see which will grow the most of his crop?

9. Answer Plant seeds in different soils..

10. Question #5 What are some words that would describe a soil’s texture?

11. Answer Hard, soft, grainy, smooth, rough. Texture is how it feels.

12. Question #6 If I say a soil is medium brown, what property am I observing?

13. Answer Color.

14. Question #7 If I chose to use compost in my garden and Ms. Bara did not, how might our soils be different?

15. Answer My soil would have more humus in it with nutrients.

16. Question #8 How do earthworms help growing plants?

17. Answer Make room in the soil for air and water with their tunnels. They decompose organic materials to create humus that is nutrient rich.

18. Question #9 If your soil is full of sand and clay, what could you do to improve it for gardening?

19. Answer Add humus.

20. Question #10 Describe wet clay and what you can do with it.

21. Answer You can roll it in a ball. It is wet and slimy.

22. Question #11 Which lists types of soil? a. humusb. softc. smears clay grainyno smear sand smoothrolls in ball

23. Answer A.

24. Question #12 What will you see if sand and humus are put in a test tube with water and then shaken and given time to settle?

25. Answer Layers of sand, humus, and water.

26. Question #13 If you are making dinner, what can you do to recycle leftover vegetable peelings?

27. Answer Make compost.

28. Question #14 What decomposer organism helps to turn organic material into rich soil?

29. Answer Earthworms.

30. Question #15 If it is cool outside and you notice steam rising from a compost pile, why is that?

31. Answer Decaying plants create energy which causes heat.

32. Question #16 If you collect a local sample of soil and it rolls easily into a ball after you wet it, what type of soil most likely is there a lot of in it?

33. Answer Clay.

34. Question #17 What happens to organic material such as carrot peels and coffee grounds after they stay in the soil?

35. Answer They become part of the soil.

36. Question #18 Why is it an important property for plants if a soil holds water well?

37. Answer Plants are then well watered.

38. Question #19 Describe properties of humus?

39. Answer Decaying plants are in it, full of nutrients, smears, does not roll into a ball, soft.

40. Question #20 What are some things you would find in a compost pile?

41. Answer Organic materials, egg shells, grass clippings, potato peelings, coffee grinds, lettuce.

42. Question #21 What are some things you would not find in a compost pile?

43. Answer Toys, shovel, plastic, metal, glass, pizza, chicken, cereal.

44. Question #22 When soil goes through a worm, it comes out as?

45. Answer Castings.

46. Question #23 Why do plants have roots?

47. Answer To bring water and nutrients to the plant from the soil.

48. Question #24 What is the best type of soil for gardening?

49. Answer Loam.

50. Question #25 What is loam made up of?

51. Answer A mixture of sand, humus, and clay.

52. Question #26 What type of soil does water drain through the quickest and why?

53. Answer Sand because it does not absorb much water and has large particles.

54. Question #27 What type of soil does water drain through the slowest and why?

55. Answer Clay because it has small particles and absorbs more water.