<p> Name Date Class </p><p>How Soil Forms</p><p>Inquiry Warm-Up, What is Soil? In the Inquiry Warm-Up, you investigated the components that make up soil. Using what you learned from that activity, answer the questions below.</p><p>1. EXPLAIN Explain why the soil sample has a mix of different types of rock particles instead of just one type of rock particle.</p><p>2. CLASSIFY What size are the particles in the soil sample?</p><p>3. INFER What types of plants might grow in the sample soil used in the activity?</p><p>4. COMPARE AND CONTRAST How would a sand sample differ from the soil samples used in the activity?</p><p>Name Date Class </p><p>How Soil Forms</p><p>What Is Soil?</p><p>1a. LIST What are three characteristics used to describe soil?</p><p> b. COMPARE AND CONTRAST How are the A, B, and C horizons different?</p><p>I get it! Now I know that soil forms from </p><p>I need extra help with </p><p>How Do Living Things Affect Soil?</p><p>2a. IDENTIFY Organisms contribute to soil formation by</p><p>______and ______.</p><p> b. DESCRIBE List two types of decomposers.</p><p> c. ANSWER What processes break down rock? Include the processes of soil formation in your answer.</p><p>I get it! Now I know that living things affect soil by </p><p>I need extra help with </p><p>Name Date Class </p><p>How Soil Forms</p><p>On a separate sheet of paper, describe how organisms impact soil composition.</p>