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Prairie Dogs Prairie Dogs Section BSection B
Prairie Dogs Prairie Dogs Section BSection B
ReviewReview
What is the process of breaking down parent
material called?
•A. Inorganic•B. organic•C. weathering•D. cover crop
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
What causes weathering?
•A. Wind and water•B. Vegetable and meat•C. To much soil being produced•D. evaporation
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
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.
Organic materials are…?
•A. Not living organisms•B. Once-Living organisms•C. Soil used in farming•D. rocks
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
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
Where does rain water go when it falls on the
prairie?
•E. All of the above
. To roots of plants and tree
. Animals drink itRuns off into ponds and streams Soaks into the ground
What does inorganic mean?
• A. Once-living organisms• B. Non-living organisms• C. Plants and animals• D. weathering
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
What is evaporations?•C. The process of water changing from a liquid to water vapors and disappearing into the air.
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
How can a farmer prevent erosion of his fields?
• E. Both A and C
• Through cover crops• Contour farming
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
What is erosion?•D. Both A and B
A. Wind picking up uncovered soil and blowing it away.B water washing soil away
What do we call hardy plants that grow in rock
pieces?
• A. organic materials• B. Weathering• C. erosion• D. pioneers
What do plants get from animals that they
need?•A. Inorganic materials•B. Evaporation•C. Oxygen and carbon dioxide •D. Nitrogen and carbon
dioxide
What do animals get from plants that they
need?•A. Oxygen, food, nitrogen•B. Inorganic materials•C. carbon dioxide •D. organic materials
What causes the weathering of parent
rock?• A. Wind, evaporation, and
condensation• B Air, nitrogen, and oxygen• C. wind, ice expanding, plant
roots, rain
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