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The beginning of soils - Quiz

Answer each question below, then choose Check answers to see your score. You can reveal the correct responses after marking.

1 Soils first began to develop...?

10 years ago 100 years ago 2,000 million years ago 1 million years ago

2 Living soils containing organisms first began...?

400 million years ago 2000 million years ago In the Jurassic period During the Ice Age

3 The Ice Age 2 million years ago...?

Protected the soils from damage Enabled wooly mammoths to go skiing Scoured away existing soils on many landscapes Let trees flourish

4 Most soils in northern Europe are...?

Less than 10,000 years old Are a product of the Jurassic period Are many millions of years old Formed by Tyrannosaurus rex dung

5 Old landscapes with old soils exist...?

On the planet Sun In the Southern Hemisphere of the world In river valleys that flood On steep slopes of mountains

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