CORRECT MARKING SCHEME 2025
NEW UPDATE
medium sized soil particle - Answer- silt
smallest soil particle - Answer- clay
top layer of soil profile - Answer- topsoil
middle layer of soil profile - Answer- subsoil
bottom layer of soil profile - Answer- bedrock/parent material
no-till - Answer- crops being planted year after year in the residue of the previous ones
the ______ spaces btw soil particles permits root penetration and stores air, water, and
nutrients - Answer- pore
which class says that planting trees is the most intensive recommnended land treatment
- Answer- VII
which class of land can be farmed year after year with little conservation treatments and
fewest limitations - Answer- I
permeability - Answer- rate of movement of air and water through the soil
capillary - Answer- water that plant roots can absorb or take up
saturation - Answer- when soil spaces are completely filled with water
universal solvent - Answer- what water is know as because it dissolves most materials
largest soil particle - Answer- sand
_____ is used to raise the pH from 6.0 to 7.0 - Answer- lime
frazier fire - Answer- most popular Christmas tree grown commercially in the mtn region
of NC
douglas fir - Answer- most imporant commercially grown species of trees for lumber in
US