3. Weathering Soil Saving Soil Left Overs 100 Points 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Points100 Points100 Points100 Points100 Points 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points Soil Properties

4. What is weathering?

5. What kind of weathering is caused by living things?

6. Give an example of chemical weathering?

7. Name three things that can cause mechanical weathering.

8. What are the three kinds of weathering?

9. What is fertile soil?

10. What is compost?

12. What are the five parts of soil?

13. What is humus?

14. What 3 minerals need to be present in the soil for plants to grow?

15. What is soil texture?

16. What is the water holding capacity?

17. Why is soil that is too sandy not good for crops ?

18. What is loam?

19. What is soil permeability?

20. What is desertification?

21. What was the Dust bowl?

22. What is a soil profile?

23. Name four things farmers have done on their farms to conserve soil?

24. What is no till farming and why is it so effective?

25. What is a terrace and how does it prevent soil erosion?

26. What is frost wedging?

27. Explain fallow fields and rotating crops?

29. Explain how soil forms?

30. What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

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37. Who was Lightning McQueen’s best friend in Cars?

38. Who was Nemo’s father?

39. What celebrity did Mr Piers meet in Boston?