This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sophia is blindfolded. She feels a soil. It feels powdery, soft, and she cannot feel any particles in between her fingers. What soil is she most likely feeling? A) Sand. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 2. Techniques used to try and limit soil erosion is known as ..... A) Soil Survey. B) Soil Profile. C) Soil Conservation. D) Soil Practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil Conservation. 3. What is the correct order of soil horizons? A. o horizon (humus or organic)B. c horizon (substratum)C. r horizon (bedrock)D. a horizon (topsoil)E. b horizon (subsoil)F. e horizon (eluvial or leached) A) ADFEBC. B) AFDCBE. C) FDAECB. D) BCEFAD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ADFEBC. 4. Soil is made up of organic material and ..... A) Shells from the beach. B) Mud. C) Very tiny pieces of rock. D) Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very tiny pieces of rock. 5. The grinding away of rock by smaller pieces carried in water, ice, or wind A) Abrasion. B) Chemical reaction. C) Weathering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abrasion. 6. Soils are a mixture of all of the following EXCEPT: A) Mixture of minerals. B) Water and air. C) Leaves. D) Decaying organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaves. 7. The state soil of PA is A) Allegheny Soil. B) Carbon County Soil. C) Hazelton Soil. D) Pittsburgh Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hazelton Soil. 8. This is not suitable for agriculture A) Alluvial soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laterite soil. 9. Which body of water has land all around it? A) Ocean. B) Lake. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake. 10. Which property of soil could students determine by rubbing a sample between their fingers? A) The texture of soil. B) The soils ability to support life. C) The color of the soil. D) The process that formed the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The texture of soil. 11. Which type of soil feels smooth when you rub it between your fingers? A) Sand. B) Humus. C) Clay. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 12. True or False:We have a limited amount of fossil fuels. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Scientists scratch one mineral against another to find ..... A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Harndness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harndness. 14. In an experiment, a student adds water to a soil sample and observes that it forms a sticky ball. What type of soil is most likely present? A) Sandy soil. B) Silty soil. C) Clay soil. D) Loamy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay soil. 15. The wearing away and breaking of rock is called ..... A) Hardness. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathering. 16. Which type of soil is the second largest? A) Gravel. B) Pebbles. C) Sand. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravel. 17. What primarily helps turn organic material into humus A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Microbes. D) Mr. Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microbes. 18. Which mineral has the largest particle in a soil? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 19. Humus is decayed living/organic matter. It adds ..... to the soil. A) Worms. B) Nutrients. C) Air. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrients. 20. Breaking of igneous rocks in low rainfall conditions has lead to the formation of A) Laterite. B) Red and yellow. C) Arid. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red and yellow. 21. Which type of soil is used to make toys and pots A) Clayey soil. B) Loamy soil. C) Silty soil. D) Sandy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clayey soil. 22. In which layer of soil does the underground water gets collected? A) Bedrock. B) Parentrock. C) Childrock. D) Subsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parentrock. 23. Which soil has the tiniest grains and holds water easily? A) Humus. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 24. A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture A) Loam. B) Soil. C) Clay. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand. 25. The ..... the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil. A) More mixed. B) Smaller. C) Larger. D) None of the above. 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