Unit 1 Lesson 1

Question 0

What are the three main categories of plants

Answer 0

Field crops, horticulture crops, and forestry

Question 1

What is plant science

Answer 1

The study of the structure, function, growth, and protection of plants

Question 2

What is a direct plant product

Answer 2

Something directly used by humans

Question 3

What is an indirect use of a plant

Answer 3

Not used directly by humans it goes through something else first

Question 4

What is soil

Answer 4

Minerals and organic materials that support plant growth on the earths surface

Question 5

What are the soil origins

Answer 5

• all soil originated as rocks

- powerful forces act on the rock to break them down into smaller fragments

Question 6

What is weathering

Answer 6

Weathering is the process that occurs to break down into the soil this process includes water freezing, thawing, landslides, wind and chemicals

Question 7

What is parent material

Answer 7

Rock material that has under gone some weathering and change but not enough to be considered soil

Question 8

List the five factor for soil development

Answer 8

• parent material
• climate
• variation in the earths surface
• plant and animal life
• time

Question 9

List the three waters in the soil

Answer 9

Infiltration- process of water soaking into the soil
Percolation-water movement downward
Permeable- quality of soil allows for both infiltration and percolation

Question 10

What is filth

Answer 10

The easiness off tilling the soil

Question 11

Soil uses in ag.

Answer 11

Cropsland