GEOG 1300 Final Exam
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1. What are the basic soil Inorganic material, Organic material, Water and Air
properties?
2. Pedogenic Processes the natural processes of soil formation that involve additions, depletions,
translocations, transformations
3. What are the soil CLORPT- climate, organisms, relief (topography), parent material, and time
forming factors?
4. What are the two Physical and Chemical
types of measurable
soil characteristics?
5. How do you read soil O- organic material
profiles? A-surface
B-subsoil
C- substratum
R- bedrock
6. What are regosols? - weakly developed soils
- found where conditions aren't conductive to soil formation
(cold climates, steep slope, limited time)
7. What are Brunisols? - soils with one or more weakly developed horizons due to some alteration
or removal of soluble minerals
- can develop into podzols
- time, dry, cool climates
8. What are podzols? Acidic soils of limited fertility; found in northern forest environments
- typically have B horizon, enriched with Fe, Al and carbon
9. What are gleysols? - result from prolonged water saturation (oxygen depletion)
- time leads to peat formation on top
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10. What are luvisols? - soils found under forest vegetation on fine-grained, loose, granular ma-
terial
- dominant in agriculture areas
- strong A horizon overlaying clay rich illuviated B horizon
11. What are organic - non mineral soils
soils? - form in cool, wet environment where organic carbon is accumulated but
decomposes slowly
- extremely fertile
12. What are chernozem - form in cool/cold and semiarid/semihumid climates
soils? - specific soil forming processes including calcification or salinization
13. What are cryosols soil - short seasonal freezing and thawing
- with permafrost
14. what are vertisols - dry prarie soil
soil? - wetting and drying forms cracks
15. What are solonetzic - from glacial re-working
soils? -saline rich parent material
16. who discovered plate Alfred Wegner first suggested idea of Continental Drift Hypothesis
tectonics
17. What is the theory of The theory of plate tectonics explains the formation, movement, and sub-
plate tectonics? duction of Earth's plates.
Sea-floor spreading is the cause since the upper mantle is liquid and has
convection cells.
18. What are the types of Passive Margins
plate movement? Transform Plate Margins
Plate Divergence
Plate Convergence
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1hgio
1. What are the basic soil Inorganic material, Organic material, Water and Air
properties?
2. Pedogenic Processes the natural processes of soil formation that involve additions, depletions,
translocations, transformations
3. What are the soil CLORPT- climate, organisms, relief (topography), parent material, and time
forming factors?
4. What are the two Physical and Chemical
types of measurable
soil characteristics?
5. How do you read soil O- organic material
profiles? A-surface
B-subsoil
C- substratum
R- bedrock
6. What are regosols? - weakly developed soils
- found where conditions aren't conductive to soil formation
(cold climates, steep slope, limited time)
7. What are Brunisols? - soils with one or more weakly developed horizons due to some alteration
or removal of soluble minerals
- can develop into podzols
- time, dry, cool climates
8. What are podzols? Acidic soils of limited fertility; found in northern forest environments
- typically have B horizon, enriched with Fe, Al and carbon
9. What are gleysols? - result from prolonged water saturation (oxygen depletion)
- time leads to peat formation on top
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, GEOG 1300 Final Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1hgio
10. What are luvisols? - soils found under forest vegetation on fine-grained, loose, granular ma-
terial
- dominant in agriculture areas
- strong A horizon overlaying clay rich illuviated B horizon
11. What are organic - non mineral soils
soils? - form in cool, wet environment where organic carbon is accumulated but
decomposes slowly
- extremely fertile
12. What are chernozem - form in cool/cold and semiarid/semihumid climates
soils? - specific soil forming processes including calcification or salinization
13. What are cryosols soil - short seasonal freezing and thawing
- with permafrost
14. what are vertisols - dry prarie soil
soil? - wetting and drying forms cracks
15. What are solonetzic - from glacial re-working
soils? -saline rich parent material
16. who discovered plate Alfred Wegner first suggested idea of Continental Drift Hypothesis
tectonics
17. What is the theory of The theory of plate tectonics explains the formation, movement, and sub-
plate tectonics? duction of Earth's plates.
Sea-floor spreading is the cause since the upper mantle is liquid and has
convection cells.
18. What are the types of Passive Margins
plate movement? Transform Plate Margins
Plate Divergence
Plate Convergence
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