Soil

Question 1

Fungus

Answer 1

Organism such as mould or mushrooms that are important in breaking down organic matter

Question 2

Bacteria

Answer 2

A very large group of micro-organisms

Question 3

Horizon

Answer 3

A specific layer of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross-section of land

Question 4

Humus

Answer 4

Fertile part of the soil formed when plants and animals decay

Question 5

Landscape

Answer 5

The visible features of an area or countryside or land

Question 6

Mineral matter

Answer 6

Rock particals

Question 7

Natural resource

Answer 7

Resource that is provided by nature

Question 8

Nitrogen

Answer 8

A colourless, oderless, unreactive gas that is the main component of the earths atmosphere

Question 9

Organism

Answer 9

An individual animal, plant or single celled life form

Question 10

Oxygen

Answer 10

A colourless, oderless, unreactive gas that is the life supporting component of air

Question 11

Parent material

Answer 11

The underlying geological material on which soil horizons from

Question 12

Particle

Answer 12

A minute portion of something

Question 13

Silt

Answer 13

Fine sand, clay or other materials carried by running water and deposited as a sediment

Question 14

Soil profile

Answer 14

A vertical cross section of soil of soil surface to parent rock

Question 15

Vegetation

Answer 15

Plant life found in a particular area or habitat