2. Prairie Dogs Section B Review

3. What is the process of breaking down parent material called? A. Inorganic B. organic C. weathering D. cover crop

4. What is the process of breaking down parent material called? C. weathering

5. How long does it take 1 cm. of soil to form? A. 1 to 2 years B. 10 t0 12 years C. 100 to 1000 year D. no time at all

6. How long does it take 1 cm. of soil to form? C. 100 to 1000 year

7. What causes weathering? A. Wind and water B. Vegetable and meat C. To much soil being produced D. evaporation

8. What causes weathering? A. Wind and water

9. Why does soil form quicker in areas of warm temperature and lots of rainfall? A. There is more soil their in the first place B.Animals and plants prosper there, and die adding to the soil. C. The question is not true, soil forms fast in cold areas. C

10. Why does soil form quicker in areas of warm temperature and lots of rainfall? B.Animals and plants prosper there, and die adding to the soil.

11. Organic materials are…? A. Not living organisms B. Once-Living organisms C. Soil used in farming D. rocks

12. Organic materials are…? B. Once-Living organisms

13. What is the A horizon? A. The sun setting in the West B. The sun setting in the East C. The layer of good topsoil D. The layer of rock and very hard earth

14. What is the A horizon? C. The layer of good topsoil

15. Where does rain water go when it falls on the prairie? A. To roots of plants and tree B. Animals drink it C. Runs off into ponds and streams D. Soaks into the ground E. All of the above

16. Where does rain water go when it falls on the prairie? E. All of the above. To roots of plants and tree. Animals drink it Runs off into ponds and streams Soaks into the ground

17. What does inorganic mean? A. Once-living organisms B. Non-living organisms C. Plants and animals D. weathering

18. What does inorganic mean? B. Non-living organisms

19. What is evaporations? A. rain B. water that is contained in a cloud C. The process of water changing from a liquid to water vapors and disappearing into the air. D. snow

20. What is evaporations? C. The process of water changing from a liquid to water vapors and disappearing into the air.

21. Condensation can come in the form of…. A. Rocks B. Weathering C. Clouds D. rain

22. Condensation can come in the form of…. C. Clouds

23. Precipitation is…. A. Rain B. Clouds C. Ponds D. Prairie plants

24. Precipitation is…. A. Rain

25. How can a farmer prevent erosion of his fields? A. Through cover crops B. weathering C. contour farming D. Natural forming of soil E. Both A and C

26. How can a farmer prevent erosion of his fields? E. Both A and C Through cover crops Contour farming

27. What is erosion? A. Wind picking up uncovered soil and blowing it away. B water washing soil away C. Crops used to protect soil D. Both A and B

28. What is erosion? D. Both A and B A. Wind picking up uncovered soil and blowing it away. B water washing soil away

29. What do we call hardy plants that grow in rock pieces? A. organic materials B. Weathering C. erosion D. pioneers

30. What do we call hardy plants that grow in rock pieces? D. pioneers

31. What do plants get from animals that they need? A. Inorganic materials B. Evaporation C. Oxygen and carbon dioxide D. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide

32. What do plants get from animals that they need? D. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide

33. What do animals get from plants that they need? A. Oxygen, food, nitrogen B. Inorganic materials C. carbon dioxide D. organic materials

34. What do animals get from plants that they need? A. Oxygen, food, nitrogen

35. What causes the weathering of parent rock? A. Wind, evaporation, and condensation B Air, nitrogen, and oxygen C. wind, ice expanding, plant roots, rain

36. What causes the weathering of parent rock? C. wind, ice expanding, plant roots, rain