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Soil Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are some of the agents in Mechanical weathering | Abrasion Heating and cooling freezing and thawing animal actions |
| What is another name for Horizon A And Horizon B | Topsoil, Subsoil |
| What is Humus | A darkened colored substance that forms as plants and animals decay |
| What is SOil | loose weathered material on earths surface |
| What are some of the agents of chemical weathering | Water, carbon dioxide, living organisms , oxygen, acid rain |
| What does Permeable means | To allow liquids to pass through |
| What is weathering | breaks down rocks on earths surface |
| What is erosion | It is the moment of rocks that follow by wind air ice |
| What is chemical weathering | Is rocks that have been broken in a chemical changes |
| what is bedrock | rocks that have not yet been brocken |
| what is mechanical weathering | ricks that have been broken down physiclyy |
| What is litter | has dirt leaves and soil on top of the horizons |
| What is the difference between Mechanical weathering and chemical weathering | Mechanical weathering breaks down rocks physically and chemical weathering breaks down rocks chemical changes. |
| What is the difference bettween weathering and erosion | weathering breaks down rocks |
| What is in Horizon C | bits of rocks and litter humus and it is more of a grayish color |
| what is in Horizon A | Akot of humus and leaves dirt decomposers |
| What is in Horizon B | little humus and it cause of leaching and has a ligter color |
| What is at the the top of all the Hoizons | litter it contains leaves dirts and other subtances. |
| what is at the bottom of all the horizons | Bedrock |
| what is the fist hoizon | top soil |