CSES 2040 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How are primary minerals formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Molten lava cools and
solidifies
An example of a primary mineral is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Quartz
An example of physical weathering is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Abrasion by water
Carried by gravity: - CORRECT ANSWER - Colluvium
Fine sediment deposition, stratified (layers): - CORRECT ANSWER - Alluvium
Wind carried silts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Eolian
Dumped, unsorted: - CORRECT ANSWER - Glacial till
Also called 'loess': - CORRECT ANSWER - Eolian
Colluvium is most likely to occur in/on: - CORRECT ANSWER - Steep slopes or
footslopes
As precipitation increases, what happens to our soil weathering? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Loss of basic cations, so acidity increases
In which temperature regime is AL? - CORRECT ANSWER - Thermic
, Deep soil horizons are formed by what type of biota? - CORRECT ANSWER - Grasslands
Where would one most likely find alluvium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Floodplain
Wetness (suborder): - CORRECT ANSWER - Aqu
Old development (great group): - CORRECT ANSWER - Pale
Xeric - CORRECT ANSWER - California type climate
Broadest category of classification: - CORRECT ANSWER - Order
Significant drought may occur in some years: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ustic
Subsurface horizon- high activity clays accumulate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Argillic
Weak horizon development: - CORRECT ANSWER - Cambic
Which of the following is a diagnostic epipedon from volcanic ash soils? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Melanic
A fluvent: - CORRECT ANSWER - An entisol on a floodplain
Typic Aquudult: - CORRECT ANSWER - A soil from alabama that is wet
Eluviation: - CORRECT ANSWER - Zone of washing
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How are primary minerals formed? - CORRECT ANSWER - Molten lava cools and
solidifies
An example of a primary mineral is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Quartz
An example of physical weathering is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Abrasion by water
Carried by gravity: - CORRECT ANSWER - Colluvium
Fine sediment deposition, stratified (layers): - CORRECT ANSWER - Alluvium
Wind carried silts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Eolian
Dumped, unsorted: - CORRECT ANSWER - Glacial till
Also called 'loess': - CORRECT ANSWER - Eolian
Colluvium is most likely to occur in/on: - CORRECT ANSWER - Steep slopes or
footslopes
As precipitation increases, what happens to our soil weathering? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Loss of basic cations, so acidity increases
In which temperature regime is AL? - CORRECT ANSWER - Thermic
, Deep soil horizons are formed by what type of biota? - CORRECT ANSWER - Grasslands
Where would one most likely find alluvium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Floodplain
Wetness (suborder): - CORRECT ANSWER - Aqu
Old development (great group): - CORRECT ANSWER - Pale
Xeric - CORRECT ANSWER - California type climate
Broadest category of classification: - CORRECT ANSWER - Order
Significant drought may occur in some years: - CORRECT ANSWER - Ustic
Subsurface horizon- high activity clays accumulate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Argillic
Weak horizon development: - CORRECT ANSWER - Cambic
Which of the following is a diagnostic epipedon from volcanic ash soils? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Melanic
A fluvent: - CORRECT ANSWER - An entisol on a floodplain
Typic Aquudult: - CORRECT ANSWER - A soil from alabama that is wet
Eluviation: - CORRECT ANSWER - Zone of washing
