Name: _____________________________________ Date: _____________________

Outdoor Soil Investigation

Soil location (What habitat? What does it look like near the soil pit?):

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Soil Observations:

Color
(use words
and/or rub a
little soil to show
color)
Texture
(sand/gritty,
silt/smooth or
clay/sticky?)

Treasures
(what else did
you find in the
soil?)

Soil layers:
Draw/label the layers you 0 cm

notice in the soil. How

deep was the soil pit?

____ cm