soils game 11 by : crysta hugo lowndes co. high school dr. james corbett, agriculture teacher july...
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Soils Game 1 1
By : Crysta HugoLowndes Co. High School
Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture TeacherJuly 2005
To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum
Modified for Colorado Soils Curriculum 2006
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Soil Moisture
Soil structure
Microorganism other
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Question: Areas where water slows down and the soil particles settle to the bottom.
Check Your Answer
Terms for 1
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Answer: Deltas
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Terms for 1
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Question: Fine soil particles like silt and clay deposited by the wind create what type of soils?
Terms for 2
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Loess soils
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Terms for 2
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Question: Process that breaks down rock into soil.
Terms for 3
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Answer: Weathering
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Terms for 3
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Question: Organic material in the soil that comes from living sources.
Terms for 4
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Humus
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Terms for 4
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Question: Organisms that can be seen by the unaided eye.
Terms for 5
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Answer: Macroorganisms
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Terms for 5
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Question: What is available water?
Soil Moisture for 1
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Amount of water between field capacity and wilting point
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Soil Moisture for 1
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Question: What is wilting point?
Soil Moisture for 2
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Answer: the point where the soil has too little water and plants can no longer recover from wilting
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Question: What is adhesion?
Soil Moisture for 3
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Attraction of two different molecules – water to soil
Water held by adhesion is not available to plant
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Question: What is cohesion?
Soil Moisture for 4
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Answer: Attraction of 2 similar molecules
Water held by cohesion is available to plant
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Soil Moisture for 4
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Question: What is field capacity?
Soil Moisture for 5
Check Your Answer
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Answer: When soil contains the maximum amount of available water
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Question: If most of the soil is formed into peds and can be handled without breaking up, what kind of structure does it have?
Structure for 1
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Strong
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Structure for 1
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Question: Soil texture is the ______ of sand, silt and clay in a soil sample.
Structure for 2
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Answer: Percentage
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Structure for 2
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Question: peds are held together by _____.
Structure for 3
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Answer: Humus
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Structure for 3
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Question: What is a clod?
Structure for 4
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Answer: a mass of soil that is cemented together unnaturally by a soil disturbance
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Structure for 4
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Question: What are six of the seven common soil structures?
Structure for 5
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Answer: 1.angular blocky 2.granular 3.platy 4.prismatic 5.columnar 6. Crumb 7.subangular blocky
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Structure for 5
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Question: _______ are bacteria that fix nitrogen in the soil.
Microorganisms for 1
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Answer: Rhizobia
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Microorganisms for 1
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Question: Rhizobia live in ______ on the roots of leguminous plants.
Microorganisms for 2
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Answer: Nodules
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Microorganisms for 2
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Question: When a plant dies, decomposition returns the nutrients the plant took from the soil back to the soil. What is this know as?
Microorganisms for 3
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Answer: Carbon Cycle
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Microorganisms for 3
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Question: ______ are one celled organisms that live in moist soil.
Microorganisms for 4
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Answer: Protozoa
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Microorganisms for 4
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Question: _____ are tiny worms that live in the soil. Many feed on the roots of plants.
Microorganisms for 5
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Answer: Nematodes
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Microorganisms for 5
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Question: _____ are among the most abundant animals that live in the soil.
Other for 1
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Answer: Earthworms
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Other for 1
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Question: Earthworms enhance the _____ by burrowing through the layers of soil.
Other for 2
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Answer: Soil
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Other for 2
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Question: A crop that is grown for organic matter and is turned back into the soil.
Other for 3
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Answer: Green Manure
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Other for 3
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Question: What is the largest source of organic matter in the soil?
Other for 4
Check Your Answer
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Answer: Plant roots
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Other for 4
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Question: Why do producers use summer fallow in a crop rotation?
Other for 5
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Answer: To conserve water and nitrogen
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Other for 5