Soil is a dynamic natural body having properties due to the combined effects of
__________ as modified by topography acting on parent material over time.
A) Weather and temperature
B) Climate and biota
C) slope and time
D) climate and rainfall
E) Organisms and parent material
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, B. Climate and biota
A primary silicate mineral that is resistant to weathering is:
a. hematite
b. apatite
c. mica
d. quartz
e. dolomite
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d. quartz
Particle sizes arranged in order from least to most adsorptive are _____
a. sand, clay, silt
b. clay, silt, sand
c. sand, silt, clay
d. silt, sand, clay
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c. sand, silt, clay
A silty clay loam will have no more than _____% clay
a. 60%
b. 40%
, c. 28%
d. 20%
e. 12%
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b. 40%
A two-dimensional vertical cross-sectional view of a soil is referred to as soil_________
a. solum
b. pedon
c. profile
d. horizon
e. regolith
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c. profile
A soil typically contains a higher percentage __________ than the rock from which it is
derived.
a. Ca
b. Al
c. P
d. Si
e. K
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__________ as modified by topography acting on parent material over time.
A) Weather and temperature
B) Climate and biota
C) slope and time
D) climate and rainfall
E) Organisms and parent material
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, B. Climate and biota
A primary silicate mineral that is resistant to weathering is:
a. hematite
b. apatite
c. mica
d. quartz
e. dolomite
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d. quartz
Particle sizes arranged in order from least to most adsorptive are _____
a. sand, clay, silt
b. clay, silt, sand
c. sand, silt, clay
d. silt, sand, clay
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c. sand, silt, clay
A silty clay loam will have no more than _____% clay
a. 60%
b. 40%
, c. 28%
d. 20%
e. 12%
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b. 40%
A two-dimensional vertical cross-sectional view of a soil is referred to as soil_________
a. solum
b. pedon
c. profile
d. horizon
e. regolith
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c. profile
A soil typically contains a higher percentage __________ than the rock from which it is
derived.
a. Ca
b. Al
c. P
d. Si
e. K
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