Agriscience Environmental Science

Ahlquist Paige Name: ________________________

(last, first)
8 April 2014 B2 Date: __________________ Period: _____

1. Open the internet explorer and go to the site http://tinyurl.com/dirtonsoil 2. You are currently at the section Down and Dirty. Read the information, then complete the following:
Topsoil a. Layer sometimes called organic layer = ____________________________
Subsoil b. Most soil nutrients found here = _____________________ weathered to break down into parent material c. Bedrock gets _________ Bedrock d. Solid rock at the base of the profile = ________________________

3. Now click on Name that Soil. Complete the chart below: Descriptor Sand Silt Size
2 - 0.05 mm

Clay
smaller than 0.002 mm feels sticky when wet the clay is too ne

0.05 - 0.002 mm feels like our the silt is too light

Feel
feels gritty

Problem
the sand is too course loam. Soil that is just right for plants and soil organisms is called ___________________

4. Now click on Soil Safari. Read the overview on this page, then click Get in. 5. Read the instructions in the co-pilot section and click the green arrow as you have read each instruction. 12 inches a. 300 mm is approximately __________________
.003 b. _______ is smaller than a human hair

6. As you enter the site, it will give you directions. Remember, once you are in the hole, you can change your size. In addition to finding what the instructions told you to look for in the beginning, provide information on the following (you might need to shrink down smaller to find some of these things):

Agriscience Environmental Science

Ahlquist Paige Name: ________________________

(last, first)
4 April 2014 B2 Date: __________________ Period: _____

Fungus feeder and nutrient recycler a. Beetle mite What is its function? ______________________________________ they are predators and grazers they eat bacteria b. Nemotode What do they do? _____________________________ chloroplast c. Fungus They lack these ______________________ the front end d. Nightcrawler What end survives if they get cut in two? ______________ It eats twice its weight each day e. Mole How much does it eat? _______________________________________ Adds air to top soil What does it do? ___________________________

f. Name two other facts you found while exploring: i. ______________________________________________________ I learned that Clay is the smallest particle.
I learned that night crawlers survive with their front end rather than the back end. ii. ______________________________________________________ Anaerobic Bacteria oxygen 7. What is your target match? ___________________________ They live without __________

8. When you activate the tractor beam after finding your target, what three places do you end up going? loam soil Gradual soil Clay ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Did you find your target match before locating the answers to #6? Click on field guide and use that as a resource to answer the questions or reenter the Soil Safari.

Done with The Dirt on Soil? A. Go to http://tinyurl.com/soilhorizons try to put the layers in the right order based on what yes you read earlier today. Did you win? __________ NOW TRY . . . B. Go to http://tinyurl.com/soilvocab. These concepts should be a review from elementary 94% school. What score did you get on this quiz? ______ OR C. Find someone else who is done and go to http://tinyurl.com/soiljeopardy (No, we havent covered all these things yet, but it was designed for 2nd grade earth science.) Who did you compete against? ________________ Who won or was winning when class was Myself I was winning over? ___________________ OR D. Go to http://tinyurl.com/agbiodiversity then choose Whats Your Soil IQ? Howd you do? ___________________________________