Soils Quiz Show

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Soils Quiz Show
Ga Ag Ed Curriculum Office, July 2002 To
accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education
Curriculum Go to Last Slide for Directions
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Lets Get Physical
Expanding Horizons
Dead Ground?
Its How You Feel
General Soil
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Phy. Properties for 1
Question The _____ of the soil refers to the
size of the individual soil particles.
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Phy. Properties for 1
Answer texture
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Phy. Properties for 2
Question Positively charged nutrients in the
soil are called ________.
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Phy. Properties for 2
Answer cations
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Phy. Properties for 3
Question Water surrounding the soil particles
is called the _______.
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Phy. Properties for 3
Answer soil solution
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Phy. Properties for 4
Question What determines the acid level of the
soil?
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Phy. Properties for 4
Answer pH
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Phy. Properties for 5
Question Groups of clinging soil particles are
called ______.
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Phy. Properties for 5
Answer peds
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Soil Horizons for 1
Question Soil from rock or from organic
material will form in layers that lie ____ to the
surface of earth.
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Soil Horizons for 1
Answer parallel
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Soil Horizons for 2
Question The uppermost layer of soil is called
the ____ horizon.
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Soil Horizons for 2
Answer 0
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Soil Horizons for 3
Question The A horizon is generally _____
than the horizons below and may be from a few
inches to several feet thick.
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Soil Horizons for 3
Answer darker
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Soil Horizons for 4
Question The bedrock upon which the other soil
horizons rest is called the __ horizon.
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Soil Horizons for 4
Answer R
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Soil Horizons for 5
Question This layer is the material from which
soil originated.
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Soil Horizons for 5
Answer C Horizon
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Inorganic Soils for 1
Question A mass of boulders, rocks, sand, silt,
and clay is called ________.
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Inorganic Soils for 1
Answer till
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Inorganic Soils for 2
Question What were the great rivers of slowly
moving ice thousands of years ago called?
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Inorganic Soils for 2
Answer glaciers
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Inorganic Soils for 3
Question In what areas were glaciers present?
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Inorganic Soils for 3
Answer the northern portions of America,
Europe, and Asia
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Inorganic Soils for 4
Question Land masses that have built up due to
glaciers dropping till are called _________.
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Inorganic Soils for 4
Answer moraine
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Inorganic Soils for 5
Question _____ soils are made from parent
materials that were of mineral or non-living
origin.
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Inorganic Soils for 5
Answer inorganic
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Soil Texture for 1
Question The size of a clay particle is ______
mm or smaller.
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Soil - Texture for 1
Answer .02
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Soil - Texture for 2
Question What is the largest soil particle type?
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Soil - Texture for 2
Answer sand
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Soil - Texture for 3
Question How can you test soil texture?
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Soil - Texture for 3

• Answer
• rubbing soil between fingers - the more coarse
  the larger the texture
• (b) using soil sieves to measure

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Soil - Texture for 4
Question What are the 3 soil types?
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Soil - Texture for 4
Answer 1) Sand 2) Silt
3) Clay
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Soil - Texture for 5
Question What are the measurements in mm of
sand and silt?
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Soil - Texture for 5
Answer Sand .5 mm Silt
.05 mm
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Soil for 1
Question _______ is the most precious natural
resource we have.
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Soil for 1
Answer soil
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Soil for 2
Question _____ are soils derived from volcanic
sources.
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Soil for 2
Answer andisols
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Soil for 3
Question The most common soil organisms are
_________.
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Soil for 3
Answer nematodes
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Soil for 4
Question _____ are soils that settle to the
bottom of rivers and streams when the water is
moving rapidly.
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Soil for 4
Answer alluvial
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Soil for 5
Question The broadest soil grouping is called
________.
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Soil for 5
Answer soil order
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Customizing the Quiz Show Template The Blank Quiz
Show Review is ready for you to customize. This
presentation is designed to be a review for a
unit. You make up the categories, questions and
answers, then show the review to your class using
a scan converter or projector. All the hyperlinks
connecting the points on slide two to the correct
questions have already been created. Once you
have created one review, you can give the blank
PowerPoint show and these directions to students
and assign them to create the next review.
Students, in groups of five, can make up 5
questions each one for each category, or each in
charge of a category of their own. 1.
Double-click on the quiz show template file
Blank Quiz Show Review to open it. 2. Click on
File and Save As to give the quiz show template a
new file name. This way you can save the blank
copy to use again. 3. Change the view to Slide
Sorter from the View Menu. 4. From the Edit
menu, choose Replace. In the first line of the
box that appears, type Topic 1, then tab to the
second line. Type in your first category name.
Click on the Replace All button. You should get
a message that 11 changes were made, and you
should be able to see the changes in the
slides. 5. Repeat this process to change all
your general topics to your specific topic
names. When you are finished, switch back to
Slide View from the View Menu. 6. Go to Slide 3
by clicking on the double down-arrow at the
bottom of the vertical scroll bar. 7. Click
after the colon in the text box reading
"Question" to type in your first question. 8.
Go to Slide 4. Click after the colon in the text
box reading "Answer" to type in the answer to
your first question. 9. Repeat with all slides
in the quiz show presentation. Don't forget to
save your work every few minutes by clicking on
the third icon on the top toolbar (looks like a
floppy disk). 10. Showing the presentation
Open the new document in PowerPoint. From the
View menu, choose Slide Show. To link to the
questions from slide 2, move the mouse over a
number so that a hand appears. Click on the
number. You must do the same to go back to the
gameboard on each answer slide. DO NOT click on
the slide just ANYWHERE. That will take you to
the next slide instead of back to the gameboard.
Make sure ONLY to click when you see the hand
indicating a hyperlink. Click Here to go to First
Slide
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Jeopardy Quiz Game    Suggested instructions for
playing the game with a class 1.      Project
the game onto a large screen or use a large
computer monitor at the front of the
class. 2.      Divide the class into teams of up
to four players. Have any other students count
off 1 to 4 and sit in the
audience. 3.      Provide each team with a
flashlight, whistle, or other means of
"buzzing-in" to indicate they know the
answer. 4.      Appoint a scorekeeper. 5.     
Appoint a reader to read each question to the
group. 6.      The teacher or a student can act
as moderator. 7.      Let the first team select a
category. 8.      Once the question pops up, the
first team to "buzz-in" gets to try to answer the
question. 9.      Add or deduct the number of
points corresponding to the number they selected
under the category. 10.    If the first team
misses, the remaining teams can buzz-in and
answer the question. 11.    If no team knows the
answer, the audience is given the opportunity to
answer. The first person to raise his or
her hand and answer correctly receives the
points for the team that corresponds to their
number. 12.    Go back to the game board and let
the team who answered correctly select the next
category and point value. This power
point may include a slide with a list of terms
the teacher may wish to print out to assist the
students during the game. Georgia
Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Click
Here to go to First Slide
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