FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE & HEALTH III

SCORE: ___________

Name: _____________________________ Grade & Section: ________ Date: ____________

1. Read very carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Soil is very important. It can be used for ________.

a. planting and growing plants b. preparing concrete
c. manufacturing glass and sand paper d. all of the above

2. Which soil is gray with coarse and loose particles?

a. sand b. clay
c. loam d. humus

3. Why is loam soil good for plants?

a. It holds much water b. it has fine particles
c. it is black c. it has humus

4. What kind of soil is used for making pots and jars?

a. sand b. pebbles c. loam d. clay

5. What makes up the loam soil?

a. decayed plants and animals b. running water
c. rocks and pebbles d. plant roots

6. Which layer of the soil has humus and is good for planting?
a. subsoil b. bedrock
c. topsoil d. underground

7. Beneath the subsoil is bedrock. What is it made of?

a. sand and pebbles b. sand and clay
c. hard rocks d. decayed matter

8. What may cause the soil to become useless?

a. dead animals b. water c. dead plants d. wastes from mines

9. Which of the following practices can cause soil pollution?

a. Dumping plastic and waste chemicals on the soil
b. Putting animal wastes on the soil
c. Rotating crops to be planted
d. Fertilizing the soil from planting
10. Which practice is good for the soil?
a. Throwing plastic is good for the soil
b. There are no plants if there is no soil
c. Putting fertilizers on the soil
d. Dumping factory wastes on the soil

11. Why should human beings show care and concern for the soil?
a. Soil is important to living things
b. There are no plants if there is no soil
c. We build our houses on the soil
d. All of the above

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