SCSC 301 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Least temperature fluctuation depth - ✔✔Deep soil
✔✔Organic residue effect - ✔✔Buffers temperature
✔✔Subsurface temp timing - ✔✔Occurs later than surface
✔✔Daily temp at depth - ✔✔Peaks later
✔✔Erosion steps - ✔✔Detachment transportation deposition
✔✔Types of water erosion - ✔✔Sheet rill gully
✔✔Wind erosion types - ✔✔Suspension saltation creep
✔✔Best erosion control principle - ✔✔Keep soil covered
✔✔USLE equation - ✔✔A = RKLSCP
✔✔A in USLE - ✔✔Annual soil loss
✔✔R in USLE - ✔✔Rainfall
✔✔K in USLE - ✔✔Soil erodibility
✔✔L in USLE - ✔✔Slope length
✔✔S in USLE - ✔✔Slope steepness
✔✔C in USLE - ✔✔Crop cover
✔✔P in USLE - ✔✔Conservation practices
✔✔WEQ equation - ✔✔E = ICKLV
✔✔I in WEQ - ✔✔Erodibility
✔✔C in WEQ - ✔✔Climate
✔✔K in WEQ - ✔✔Surface roughness
, ✔✔L in WEQ - ✔✔Field width
✔✔V in WEQ - ✔✔Vegetation
✔✔Grassed waterways - ✔✔Grass planted in drainage areas
✔✔Best method for steep slopes - ✔✔Permanent vegetation
✔✔Gully erosion - ✔✔Cannot be repaired by plowing
✔✔Erosion practices affect - ✔✔P factor
✔✔Wind erosion control - ✔✔Shelter belts
✔✔CRP - ✔✔Pays farmers to convert land to grass or forest
✔✔Wind erosion key factor - ✔✔Soil moisture
✔✔Young soils - ✔✔No B horizon
✔✔Moderately developed soils - ✔✔Bw horizon
✔✔Highly developed soils - ✔✔Bt or Bo horizons
✔✔Soil formation processes - ✔✔Additions losses translocation transformation
✔✔Primary minerals - ✔✔Mica feldspar quartz
✔✔Secondary minerals - ✔✔Clays oxides salts
✔✔Eluviation - ✔✔Loss of material
✔✔Illuviation - ✔✔Accumulation of material
✔✔Bt horizon - ✔✔Clay accumulation
✔✔Master horizons order - ✔✔O A E B C
✔✔Epipedon - ✔✔Surface diagnostic horizon
✔✔Endopedon - ✔✔Subsurface diagnostic horizon
✔✔Mollic epipedon - ✔✔Dark thick high base
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Least temperature fluctuation depth - ✔✔Deep soil
✔✔Organic residue effect - ✔✔Buffers temperature
✔✔Subsurface temp timing - ✔✔Occurs later than surface
✔✔Daily temp at depth - ✔✔Peaks later
✔✔Erosion steps - ✔✔Detachment transportation deposition
✔✔Types of water erosion - ✔✔Sheet rill gully
✔✔Wind erosion types - ✔✔Suspension saltation creep
✔✔Best erosion control principle - ✔✔Keep soil covered
✔✔USLE equation - ✔✔A = RKLSCP
✔✔A in USLE - ✔✔Annual soil loss
✔✔R in USLE - ✔✔Rainfall
✔✔K in USLE - ✔✔Soil erodibility
✔✔L in USLE - ✔✔Slope length
✔✔S in USLE - ✔✔Slope steepness
✔✔C in USLE - ✔✔Crop cover
✔✔P in USLE - ✔✔Conservation practices
✔✔WEQ equation - ✔✔E = ICKLV
✔✔I in WEQ - ✔✔Erodibility
✔✔C in WEQ - ✔✔Climate
✔✔K in WEQ - ✔✔Surface roughness
, ✔✔L in WEQ - ✔✔Field width
✔✔V in WEQ - ✔✔Vegetation
✔✔Grassed waterways - ✔✔Grass planted in drainage areas
✔✔Best method for steep slopes - ✔✔Permanent vegetation
✔✔Gully erosion - ✔✔Cannot be repaired by plowing
✔✔Erosion practices affect - ✔✔P factor
✔✔Wind erosion control - ✔✔Shelter belts
✔✔CRP - ✔✔Pays farmers to convert land to grass or forest
✔✔Wind erosion key factor - ✔✔Soil moisture
✔✔Young soils - ✔✔No B horizon
✔✔Moderately developed soils - ✔✔Bw horizon
✔✔Highly developed soils - ✔✔Bt or Bo horizons
✔✔Soil formation processes - ✔✔Additions losses translocation transformation
✔✔Primary minerals - ✔✔Mica feldspar quartz
✔✔Secondary minerals - ✔✔Clays oxides salts
✔✔Eluviation - ✔✔Loss of material
✔✔Illuviation - ✔✔Accumulation of material
✔✔Bt horizon - ✔✔Clay accumulation
✔✔Master horizons order - ✔✔O A E B C
✔✔Epipedon - ✔✔Surface diagnostic horizon
✔✔Endopedon - ✔✔Subsurface diagnostic horizon
✔✔Mollic epipedon - ✔✔Dark thick high base
