This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mrs. Davis is comparing soil for retention. Retention of water depends on- A) The sizes of a soil's particles. B) The amount of water the soil can hold. C) The color of the soil. D) The types of plants that will grow in it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of water the soil can hold. 2. Soil is eroded away when there is no plants growing in the soil A) True. B) Fasle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. If you were looking at horizon C, what would you most likely find? A) Pieces of bedrock. B) Earthworms. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pieces of bedrock. 4. Which soil has large and small grains? A) Humus. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 5. Alluvial soil is not found in which of the following state? A) Punjab. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Haryana. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 6. Which soil feels like like powder? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silt. 7. What is humus made of? A) Chickpeas. B) Garbanzo beans. C) Dead plants and animals (organisms). D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead plants and animals (organisms). 8. A characteristic/attribute ..... the soils. A) Mix. B) Name. C) Describe. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe. 9. When it is Hot out your Fingers get A) Smaller. B) Bigger. C) ??????????. D) Stay the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smaller. 10. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Subsoil A) Horizon O. B) Horizon A. C) Horizon B. D) Horizon C. E) Layer R. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizon B. 11. Which soil property is most important for determining its suitability for agriculture? A) Color. B) Texture. C) Temperature. D) PH level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Texture. 12. Which type of soil can hold the most water? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 13. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Topsoil A) Horizon O. B) Horizon A. C) Horizon B. D) Horizon C. E) Layer R. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizon A. 14. Under the conditions of high temperature and rainfall ..... soil are formed in tropical areas. A) Alluvial. B) Black. C) Red. D) Laterite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laterite. 15. "Soil inherits traits from the material from which it was formed (bedrock)" describes which of the following factors of CLOPT. A) Climate. B) Organisms. C) Relief. D) Parent Material. E) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parent Material. 16. Which is renewable? A) Coal. B) Oil. C) Air. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air. 17. MORE MATURE SOIL HAS MORE HORIZONS ..... A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 18. What purpose does the endosperm serve in a seed? A) To protect the seed. B) To provide nutrients. C) To attract pollinators. D) To absorb water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide nutrients. 19. When your fingers are cold they A) Get Bigger. B) Get Smaller. C) ?????????????????. D) Stay the Same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get Bigger. 20. Rock that has been changed by heat or pressure is ..... A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metamorphic. 21. If you were looking at horizon B, what would you most likely find? A) Bedrock. B) Earthworms. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 22. When we keep growing the same crop on a land, some germs in the soil would become stronger. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Why is there so much sand in the desert? A) A lot of plant and animal life there. B) Not eroded yet. C) Blown there by wind. D) Deposited by water when it slows down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blown there by wind. 24. ..... plowing utilizes the vertical stratification of the land to stem the rate of erosion and to allow for more natural water flow among crops. A) Contour. B) Sheet. C) Strip mine. D) Terrace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrace. 25. ASSET QUESTIONIn which group will all the three items dissolve after mixing with water A) Salt, ice, clay. B) Sand, sugar, oil. C) Salt, ice cube, sugar. D) Ice cube, sugar, oil. 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