LARE Section 2()Questions & Answers 100% Correct(SCORED A+)

USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Maps - ANSWERThe most convenient source for a paper base map in the U.S. with a scale of 1:24,000. Units should not be smaller than 10 acres. Koppen System - ANSWERA climate classification system that divides the World's terrestrial climates into 5 separate types, each starting with a letter (A,B,C,D and E) Inclusions - ANSWERA rock unit that is younger than the layers from it came from Alluvium - ANSWERsediment deposited by a river or stream Kame - ANSWERA steep-sided mound of sand and gravel deposited by a glacier Esker - ANSWERA winding ridge of sand and gravel deposited by a glacier Moraine - ANSWERA mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier Aspect - ANSWERSlope direction or orientation Landsat Imagery - ANSWERThe longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery Aquifer - ANSWERA water-bearing layer of permeable rock, sand, or gravel USFWS Wetland Classification - ANSWERMarine, estuarine, riverine, lacustrine and palustrine Wetlands - ANSWERAre important element in the global cycles of nitrogen and suphur Soil Series - ANSWERGroup of soils having horizons similar in characteristics and arrangement in the soil profile. Each soil series is generally named for a town or other geographic feature near the place where a soil of that series was first observed and mapped. Soil series are then divided into phases. For example, "Gilman" would be a series, "Gilman loam" would be a phase. Soil Profile - ANSWERSequence of soil layers (horizons). Soil profile proceeds in this order from top to bottom: O (Organic Matter), A (Mineral Horizons), E (Eluvial, Leac