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Concept 3 Quiz

Discuss soil composition, texture, structure, formation, and classification.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Decayed organic matter in soil is called

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Question 2.
Which soil type is likely to be found in the humid tropics?

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Question 3.
Identify each of the parts of this idealized soil profile from a humid climate in the middle latitudes.

(Soil profile diagram, Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

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The letters A through F appear on an image associated with this question.

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Question 4.
Soils formed from bedrock are called residual soils.

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Question 5.
About fifty percent of the total volume of a good quality soil consists of pore spaces.

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Question 6.
Climate is the most influential control of soil formation.

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Question 7.
The soil layer composed of partially altered parent material is called the C horizon.

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Question 8.
Soil is best described as an accumulation of

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Question 9.
Soil develops only when the sediment is transported long distances over extended periods of time.

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Question 10.
Soil erosion is an important topic because it can


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