Life Cycle - Natural Environment (4A)
Lab 


PROBLEM: How can you distinguish the different soil horizons?

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PROCEDURE:

MATERIALS: different soils samples, magnet, microscope, hand lens, cup of water

Look at the different horizons of soil and describe each below.

SOIL

DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS

HORIZON

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

Look at the soil samples provided by your teacher or that you collected. Use different techniques described by your teacher to learn about soil. Write the information down in complete sentences. Predict which soil horizon your sample may have come sampled from.

SOIL

DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS

HORIZON

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

CONCLUSION: Which characteristics were the most valuable in describing soil?

 

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