Lab - 4-19-12 - Soils

Soil


Different kinds of soil can be found in various places on Earth. Each kind had properties making it better for certain uses than others.

We had four types of soil today. Pick one and answer the questions.

1. Write about what soil looks like.......


2. How it feels?


3. How it holds water?


4. What types of soil hold more water?


5. What kind of soil is better for plants that don’t need lots of water?

Lab - 4-17-12 - Resources

1. What resources do we use most of each day? Why do you think so? How can we conserve those resources?



2. Choose two natural resources you have learned about. Are they renewable or nonrenewable? How do you know?



3. Identify three renewable and three nonrenewable resources you have used today so far. Which do you think are most important? Why?