Lesson 1
Activity 1
|
|
Lesson 1 Activity 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Activity 1: Most people have some opinion about what "good" soil is from their personal experience. Interview one of your parents or an accessible adult to find out what they feel makes a soil a "good " soil. Summarize their response in a paragraph. Record specific words that they use. Do they describe a color, a smell, earthworms oozing out of the soil? Do they describe other soil characteristics like soil acidity, drainage, or nutrients? Finish your assignment with a couple of sentences giving your impression of their answer. Was it scientific? emotional? How much, in your opinion, did the person you interviewed know about soils.? In addition to the above, use the links provided below to answer the following questions. Number them 1-5 and submit all work at once in the text box below. 1.What are the 5 soil forming factors? 2.Is one of these factors more important than the others in this area? Why? 3.Describe what a forensic geologist would do. 4.Explain 3 different functions of soil. 5.What are the main components of soil? Submit you answer by e-mail. Don't forget to check the calendar for due date! Use the following links to answer the questions:
|
