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What is soil - Quiz

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

1 What are the three most important natural resources?

Soil, air and water Earth, wind and fire Soil, air and power stations

2 What is soil made up of?

It's all as plain as mud to me Minerals, water, organic matter and air Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails

3 How many types of soil are there in the world?

Only a few Several hundred Several thousand Tens of thousands Millions

4 Which of these does soil NOT do?

Support plant roots Keep your clothes clean Support roads and buildings Hold rainwater like a sponge

5 Roughly how deep is soil usually in England and Wales?

a few centimetres one to two metres ten metres all the way to the centre of the earth

6 What is the name for the natural layers of soil

slices stages horizons blankets

7 What is the name for a vertical slice of soil showing horizons

a tableau a vertical slice a profile a composite

8 Is soil really important in all our lives!?

yes no

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