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Chapter Test
is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.
This activity contains 15 questions.
The most conspicuous property of a soil is usually its
texture.
structure.
color.
pH.
These
acidic soils
are found in northern evergreen forests. Iron and aluminum oxides in the B horizon produce a strong red color.
alfisols
ultisols
oxisols
spodosols
aridisols
These
acidic soils
are found in northern evergreen forests. They are created by
calcification.
laterization.
salinization.
podzolization.
A soil with a pH of ____ is most suitable for the great majority of plants and microrganisms.
3
5
7
9
Which of the following pedogenic regimes is important in the tropical rain forest?
podzolization
calcification
laterization
salinization
Calcification is an important pedogenic regime in areas dominated by
tropical rain forests.
short-grass prairies.
coniferous forests.
tundra.
These are
embyronic, weakly developed soils
.
entisol
oxisol
aridisol
vertisol
The deepest soils are usually on hilly land.
True
False
Most clay particles are colloidal in size.
True
False
Regolith is a product of translocation.
True
False
Temperature and wind are the climatic variables of greatest significance to soil formation.
True
False
The A horizon is in the zone of _____ while the B horizon is in the zone of _______.
eluviation; illuviation
illuviation; eluviation
Match the characteristic to the feature.
A matching question presents 5 answer choices and 5 items. The answer choices are lettered A through E. The items are numbered 13.1 through 13.5. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice.
Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
E horizon
B horizon
O horizon
C horizon
solum
13.1 richest layer of organic matter.
A
B
C
D
E
13.2 typically the finest textured horizon
A
B
C
D
E
13.3 horizon formed mostly by eluviation
A
B
C
D
E
13.4 unconsolidated parent material
A
B
C
D
E
13.5 true soil
A
B
C
D
E
Identify the location of the soils below.
This question presents 6 items numbered 14.1 through 14.6. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through F.
For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
14.1 likely location for mollisol
A
B
C
D
E
F
14.2 most likely location for aridisol
A
B
C
D
E
F
14.3 alfisol soil found here
A
B
C
D
E
F
14.4 gelisol soil
A
B
C
D
E
F
14.5 most likely location for oxisol soil
A
B
C
D
E
F
14.6 volcanic parent material
A
B
C
D
E
F
Compare and contrast the four forms of soil moisture.
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