1. My Soil Family
You created a list of common objects you use daily.
Now choose 5 -7 of the objects and create a flow chart that “links” the objects back to the soil
Put your flow charts on page 13R

2. Soil Chains
Examples:
Bicycle, metal Metal is extracted from rocks  Weathered rocks become soil
Cheeseburger Cow (hamburger meat and cheese)Grass (to eat)  Soil
After you have completed your five chains, write a 3-5 sentence summary about the importance of soil.

3. Rank the following statements in order of their importance…
Soil is important to me (or us) ….
To grow things like trees, crops, and plants
To provide income for farmers, grocers, and other companies
To filter pollutants from contaminating drinking water under ground
A surface for building roads and buildings
To provide food for livestock
Be ready to defend your rankings.