1) Soils are made up of a mineral portion, an organic portion, and air and water. What are the three mineral components of soil?
A. Clay
B. Bits of plant material; dead organisms
C. Silt
D. Sand
2) Soils are made up of a mineral portion, an organic portion, air and water. What is meant by the word organic?
A. Nonliving, mineral in composition
B. Composed of several organs
C. Material that was produced by or was/is part of a living organism
D Musical in nature; played on the organ
3) Soil compostion and characteristics vary with depth. These differences in soils can be seen as layers in the soil called __________.
4) The two processes which are most often responsible for the breakdown of rock into soil particles are
A. Accretion
B. Weathering
C. Deposition
D. Erosion
5) Soils are formed from the breakdown of rock below them. This rock material is referred to as "parent material".
True
False
6) What are the three agents which can transport large amounts of soil from their area of origin to an area hundreds or thousands of miles away? These are "agents of erosion."
A. Wind
B. Glaciers
C. Water
D. Solar radiation
7) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is the parent material?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
8) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is alive with roots, fungi, bacteria, worms, small arthropods like spiders and so on?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
9) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is very thin and contains large amounts of organic matter?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
10) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Horizon B in this example would be very difficult for soil organisms to move through because it would be a very hard layer.
True
False
(Pleaaase Help Me)
A. Clay
B. Bits of plant material; dead organisms
C. Silt
D. Sand
2) Soils are made up of a mineral portion, an organic portion, air and water. What is meant by the word organic?
A. Nonliving, mineral in composition
B. Composed of several organs
C. Material that was produced by or was/is part of a living organism
D Musical in nature; played on the organ
3) Soil compostion and characteristics vary with depth. These differences in soils can be seen as layers in the soil called __________.
4) The two processes which are most often responsible for the breakdown of rock into soil particles are
A. Accretion
B. Weathering
C. Deposition
D. Erosion
5) Soils are formed from the breakdown of rock below them. This rock material is referred to as "parent material".
True
False
6) What are the three agents which can transport large amounts of soil from their area of origin to an area hundreds or thousands of miles away? These are "agents of erosion."
A. Wind
B. Glaciers
C. Water
D. Solar radiation
7) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is the parent material?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
8) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is alive with roots, fungi, bacteria, worms, small arthropods like spiders and so on?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
9) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Which of the layers in this example represents the horizon that is very thin and contains large amounts of organic matter?
A. O
B. A
C. B
D. C
10) In the outline find your section on soil horizons. In it you will find a diagram representing a view of a soil cut away.
Horizon B in this example would be very difficult for soil organisms to move through because it would be a very hard layer.
True
False
(Pleaaase Help Me)
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7-10 no way, I don't have your outline
1) ACD
2) C
3) Soil horizons
4) BE
5) T
6) ABC
1) ACD
2) C
3) Soil horizons
4) BE
5) T
6) ABC