The answers are:
a. biology - comes from the Greek ''bios'' which means ''life'', and ''logia'' which means ''study of''.
b. physics - comes from the Greek ''physike'' which means ''knowledge of nature''.
c. geography - comes from the Greek ''geographia'' which means ''earth description''.
d. algebra - comes from the Arabic ''al-jabr'' which means ''reunion of broken parts''.
e. philosophy - comes from the Greek ''philosphia'' which means ''love of wisdom''.
The soil was held together by grass roots. It was called sod. Settlers were called sodbusters because they had to break through the sod to plant crops. There was not a lot of wood, so settlers used sod to build homes.
I’m sorry I’m stupid I just have to answer 2 questions to ask another one sorry
