Soils Physical Properties Name______________ Date_________ Hour________

Composition of Average Soil

How To Determine Soil Texture If soil __________ easily, feels markedly gritty with a lack of smoothness The soil is coarse textured and may be ________________ which depends on the sand content.

How To Determine Soil Texture If no ribbon forms, and the soil feels smooth with slight or no grittiness, The soil is medium textured and may be __________________

How To Determine Soil Texture If you can form a ribbon from a ball of moistened soil, the soil is fine textured and may be __________________

Determining Soil Texture Pick up soil sample Rub between thumb and fingers feel whether it is Sandy –_________________ Loamy –_________________ Clay –_________________

The Relative Sizes of Sand, Silt, and Clay Particles