Soil and Water Vocabulary

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Soil and WaterVocabulary

• Grade 5
• SOL-4.8
• Created by
• Kim Smith

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Wise use of our natural resources.

1. Environment
2. Conservation
3. Ecology
4. Natural resources

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Science of the relationships between plants,
animals and their environments.

1. Geology
2. Conservation
3. Ecology
4. Meteorology

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Everything that surround us.

1. Air
2. Earth
3. Habitat
4. Environment

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Loosening and movement of soil by wind, water,
ice and landslides.

1. Earthquake
2. Volcanic explosion
3. Erosion
4. Weathering

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Science of the history of earth.

1. Geneology
2. Earth science
3. Geology
4. Space history

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An area in which plants and animals live, grow
and reproduce.

1. Community
2. Habitat
3. Population
4. Village

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(A natural resource) an organic substance with
definite chemical and physical properties and
crystalline structure.

1. Mineral
2. Nutrient
3. Particale
4. Sediment

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Found in natural-soil, minerals, forests, water,
fish, and wildlife.

1. Nutrients
2. Minerals
3. Natural resources
4. Habitats

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Something that provides nourishment for an
organism (can be food or chemicals).

1. Vitamins
2. Nutrients
3. Minerals
4. Particles

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Plant and animal materials in different stages of
decay that may be part of the soil.

1. Organisms
2. Nutrients
3. Organic matter
4. Organic nutrients

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A living being (humans, animals, plants, and
insects).

1. Life cycle
2. Life organs
3. Organisms
4. Life cycle

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A very small piece or part of something bigger.

1. Sediment
2. Part
3. Particle
4. Chunk

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A body of water, often a lake, in which water is
collected or stored.

1. Water tower
2. Water tank
3. Reservoir
4. Dam

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Bits of sand, soil, pebbles and other material,
deposited by wind, water and glaciers, which wash
into rivers, lakes and oceans and pile up layer
on top of layer.

1. Erosion
2. Weathering
3. Sediment
4. Deposits

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A naturally occurring mixture of mineral, organic
matter, water and air that forms the surface of
the land.

1. Sand
2. Sediment
3. Minerals
4. Soil

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Breaking down of rock by wind, water and living
things.

1. Erosion
2. Partials
3. Sediments
4. Weathering

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Fresh or salt water areas (swamps, bogs, marshes)
with waterlogged soils or that are covered with a
shallow layer of water.

1. Marshlands
2. Boglands
3. Swamplands
4. Marshlands

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