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A. Circle the correct answers.

1. Which is a part of soil?

black or brown in colour contains more dead plants and animals 2. Which soil has all the features stated above? A Clay soil B Sandy soil C Garden soil 3. Which soil feels sticky when touched with the fingers? A Clay soil B Sandy soil C Garden soil 4. What is the colour of clay soil? A Red B Black C Yellowish 5. Sandy soil contains more _________than garden soil. A clay B sand C dead living things 6. Which animal can be found in garden soil?

7. The picture above shows that the soil has separated into different layers. What layer is X? A Clay B Silt C Sand 8. Water flows very well through __________soil. A clay B sandy C garden 9. Which soil does not let water flow through easily? A Clay soil B Sandy soil C Garden soil

10. The above picture shows an activity carried out to compare how well water flows through sandy soil, clay soil and garden soil. Which is sandy soil? AP BQ CR

11. The picture above shows an activity carried out to compare the growth of seeds in clay soil, sandy soil and garden soil. What must be changed in this activity? A The type of soil B The type of seed C The amount of water 12. Many plants cannot grow well in clay soil because ______________ . A it lets water flow through easily B it contains too much water C it cannot hold water 13. Which plant will grow well in clay soil? A Cactus B Orchid C Rice 14. Which plant will grow well after two weeks?

15. The above plant needs to grow well. A clay soil B sandy soil C garden soil

B. Tick ( ) the things that make up soil.

C. Tick () the correct statements.

1. Clay soil is made up of small stones and bigger stones. 2. Dead animals and plants will rot to form soil. 3. The colour of sandy soil is yellowish. 4. Sandy soil can hold water for a long time.

5. Durian trees grow very well in garden soil.

D. Answer the questions.

1. Draw a line to show the correct level of water collected in beaker A and beaker C. 2. The amount of water collected in beaker _________ is the most. 3. The amount of water collected in beaker _________ is the least. 4. Water flows very well through __________. 5. _________ can hold water for a long time.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. Clay soil is made up of the very small pieces of __________. 2. The colour of garden soil is black or brown because it contains more __________ plants and animals. 3. ___________does not let water flow through easily. 4. Many plants can grow well in ____________. 5. Sandy soil does not contain enough __________for plants to grow in.

F. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. Plant A is grown in _________soil. 2. Plant B is grown in __________soil. 3. Garden soil contains __________ water for plant A to grow in. 4. Plant B cannot grow well because clay soil contains __________water.