Sandy soil has a greater proportion of large particles.

True

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False

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___ type of soil has a large proportion of big particles and large air spaces.

Q. Match the correct pair of soil with its properties.

i. Sandy soil	a. Mixture of large and small soil particles along with silt
ii. Clayey soil	b. Large soil particles, lots of air spaces
iii. Loamy soil	c. Small soil particles, pack tightly together

Arrange the following soil types according to their properties:

\begin{matrix} i . Sandy soil & a . Mixture of large and small soil particles along with silt i i . Clayey soil & b . Large soil particles, lots of air spaces i i i . Loamy soil & c . Small soil particles tightly packed together \end{matrix}

Edward and Newton were happy that the know so much about the humus and its importance. Newton now said that I have seen that soils in different places have different color or texture. Edward told Newton that there are different types of soil that are found on earth. Newton then asked that what are the different types of soil?

Edward then made a list of the types of soil in a column on the basis of proportion of particles of various sizes and in another column, he mentioned the characteristics of different types of soil. The columns are as follows:

But he was unable to decide the exact characteristic of each type of soil and match the two columns.

What according to you is the correct match for the above columns.

Match the items in Column I with those in Column II:

	Column I		Column II
(i)	A home for living organisms	(a)	Large particles
(ii)	Upper layer of the soil	(b)	All kinds of soil
(iii)	Sandy soil	(c)	Dark in colour
(iv)	Middle layer of the soil	(d)	Small particles and packed tight
(v)	Clayey soil	(e)	Lesser amount of humus

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