CSES 2040 Final Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The four soil forming processes include: - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above
(addition, loss, translocation, parent material; addition, loss, translocation, time; addition, loss,
translocation, colluvial)
Some soil parent materials had traveled miles before they settled at a given location. Which of
the following modes of transportation were employed? - CORRECT ANSWER - All of
the above (gravity, water, and wind)
____________ describes soils that differ due to their parent materials when all other soil-forming
factors are assumed similar. - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above
(Chronosequence, climosequence, biosequence)
I am the State soil of Alabama and my name is Bama, fine-loamy, siliceous, sub-active, thermic
Typic Paleudults. My subgroup name will be: - CORRECT ANSWER - Typic Paledults
Which of the following soil orders proceed from the most developed and weathered profile to the
least? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oxisols, Alfisols, Entisols
Which of the following soil moisture regime has the highest soil moisture level? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Aquic
In which suborder of the following soils would you most likely find wide surface cracks during
periods of dry weather and high swelling when wet? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aquert
I am a soil formed in cold areas of the Earth and have permafrost within 200 cm as diagnostic
horizon. I am: - CORRECT ANSWER - a gelisol
, A soil with no known limitation for agriculture has a capability classification of: - CORRECT
ANSWER -I
The hue for a soil color 10YR4/5 according to Munsell color chart will be: - CORRECT
ANSWER - 10YR
A soil separate with 0.04, 0.004, 0.0004 mm diameter will be classified as _______, _______,
_______, respectively. - CORRECT ANSWER - silt, silt, clay
If a soil contains 40% sand, 30% silt, and 10% organic matter, its percentage of clay will be: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 30
Soil compaction destroys soil macro-pores that will: - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the
above (Decrease soil bulk density, increase soil porosity, improve soil structure)
In general, both bulk density and porosity and uncultivated soil are greater than its cultivated
counterpart. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
If you place a sandy soil and a clay soil at 0.25 and 0.35 moisture content, respectively, in
contact, water will flow from the clay soil to the sandy soil. - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
The standard method used for calibration of soil water content determination is the
____________ method. - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above (tensiometer,
gypsum resistance block, TDR)
Subsoils A and B were treated with different solute concentrations and placed in contact. Solute
will more likely move from A to B if solute concentration expressed in (mM) is: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A = 50 mM
For the above condition, water will more likely move from soil sample A to B in: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A = 25 mM
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The four soil forming processes include: - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above
(addition, loss, translocation, parent material; addition, loss, translocation, time; addition, loss,
translocation, colluvial)
Some soil parent materials had traveled miles before they settled at a given location. Which of
the following modes of transportation were employed? - CORRECT ANSWER - All of
the above (gravity, water, and wind)
____________ describes soils that differ due to their parent materials when all other soil-forming
factors are assumed similar. - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above
(Chronosequence, climosequence, biosequence)
I am the State soil of Alabama and my name is Bama, fine-loamy, siliceous, sub-active, thermic
Typic Paleudults. My subgroup name will be: - CORRECT ANSWER - Typic Paledults
Which of the following soil orders proceed from the most developed and weathered profile to the
least? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oxisols, Alfisols, Entisols
Which of the following soil moisture regime has the highest soil moisture level? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Aquic
In which suborder of the following soils would you most likely find wide surface cracks during
periods of dry weather and high swelling when wet? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aquert
I am a soil formed in cold areas of the Earth and have permafrost within 200 cm as diagnostic
horizon. I am: - CORRECT ANSWER - a gelisol
, A soil with no known limitation for agriculture has a capability classification of: - CORRECT
ANSWER -I
The hue for a soil color 10YR4/5 according to Munsell color chart will be: - CORRECT
ANSWER - 10YR
A soil separate with 0.04, 0.004, 0.0004 mm diameter will be classified as _______, _______,
_______, respectively. - CORRECT ANSWER - silt, silt, clay
If a soil contains 40% sand, 30% silt, and 10% organic matter, its percentage of clay will be: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 30
Soil compaction destroys soil macro-pores that will: - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the
above (Decrease soil bulk density, increase soil porosity, improve soil structure)
In general, both bulk density and porosity and uncultivated soil are greater than its cultivated
counterpart. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
If you place a sandy soil and a clay soil at 0.25 and 0.35 moisture content, respectively, in
contact, water will flow from the clay soil to the sandy soil. - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
The standard method used for calibration of soil water content determination is the
____________ method. - CORRECT ANSWER - None of the above (tensiometer,
gypsum resistance block, TDR)
Subsoils A and B were treated with different solute concentrations and placed in contact. Solute
will more likely move from A to B if solute concentration expressed in (mM) is: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A = 50 mM
For the above condition, water will more likely move from soil sample A to B in: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A = 25 mM
