SSC 200 Exam Review#1 Questions with Correct Answers
Most of the different nutrients essential for growth are supplied to plants directly from the
A. rain water
B. soil solution
C. atmosphere
D. cosmic radiation
E. humus - ✔✔A. rain water
In a load of 10 cubic meters of topsoil, approximately how many cubic meters of the volume
would be solid material?
A. 1
B. 2.5
C. 4
D. 5
E. 7.5 - ✔✔D. 5
Which of the following is (are) essential plant nutrients?
A. Cu
B. Al
C. Sr
D. Pb
E. all of the above - ✔✔A. Cu
Which of the following is considered to be a plant macronutrient?
A. N
B. P
C. S
, D. Ca
E. all of the above - ✔✔E. all of the above
Soil occupies the ___ part of the regolith.
A. upper
B. lower
C. younger
D. both B and C - ✔✔A. upper
The lithosphere is made up of ___.
A. air
B. rock
C. water
D. plants and animals
E. all of the above - ✔✔B. rock
The layers of contrasting material found when one digs a hole in the ground are called ___.
A. pseudoliths
B. regoliths
C. pedons
D. horizons
E. soil structure - ✔✔D. horizons
A soil profile consists of ____.
A. the sum of chemical and physical data known about a soil
B. the way a soil 'feels'
C. the spatial boundaries of a particular soil
Most of the different nutrients essential for growth are supplied to plants directly from the
A. rain water
B. soil solution
C. atmosphere
D. cosmic radiation
E. humus - ✔✔A. rain water
In a load of 10 cubic meters of topsoil, approximately how many cubic meters of the volume
would be solid material?
A. 1
B. 2.5
C. 4
D. 5
E. 7.5 - ✔✔D. 5
Which of the following is (are) essential plant nutrients?
A. Cu
B. Al
C. Sr
D. Pb
E. all of the above - ✔✔A. Cu
Which of the following is considered to be a plant macronutrient?
A. N
B. P
C. S
, D. Ca
E. all of the above - ✔✔E. all of the above
Soil occupies the ___ part of the regolith.
A. upper
B. lower
C. younger
D. both B and C - ✔✔A. upper
The lithosphere is made up of ___.
A. air
B. rock
C. water
D. plants and animals
E. all of the above - ✔✔B. rock
The layers of contrasting material found when one digs a hole in the ground are called ___.
A. pseudoliths
B. regoliths
C. pedons
D. horizons
E. soil structure - ✔✔D. horizons
A soil profile consists of ____.
A. the sum of chemical and physical data known about a soil
B. the way a soil 'feels'
C. the spatial boundaries of a particular soil
