Soils
12 Questions
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Soil orders
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Which soil has a layer of permafrost?
- A.
Spodosol
- B.
Gelisol
- C.
Alfisol
Correct Answer
B. Gelisol -
- 2.
Which is the organic soil order?
- A.
Histosol
- B.
Oxisols
- C.
Andisols
Correct Answer
A. Histosol -
- 3.
Which order is naturally infertile and acidic, usually supporting forests?
- A.
Oxisols
- B.
Aridisols
- C.
Spodosols
Correct Answer
C. Spodosols -
- 4.
What soil order is formed from volcanic ash?
- A.
Andisols
- B.
Spodosols
- C.
Oxisols
Correct Answer
A. Andisols -
- 5.
Which soil order has low cation exchange capacity and an extremely low native fertility?
- A.
Oxisols
- B.
Vertisols
- C.
Mollisols
Correct Answer
A. Oxisols -
- 6.
Which soil order has shrink/swell capacity?
- A.
Ultisols
- B.
Vertisols
- C.
Entisols
Correct Answer
B. Vertisols -
- 7.
Which soil order is CaCO3 that has limited leaching and is mostly dry?
- A.
Aridisols
- B.
Spodosols
- C.
Entisols
Correct Answer
A. Aridisols -
- 8.
Which order is strongly leached and very acidic? They are found mostly in humid, tropical areas?
- A.
Oxisols
- B.
Vertisols
- C.
Ultisols
Correct Answer
C. Ultisols -
- 9.
This order has a mollic epipedon and is very productive.
- A.
Mollisol
- B.
Aridisol
- C.
Gelisol
Correct Answer
A. Mollisol -
- 10.
This order has relatively high native fertility and are moderately leached soils
- A.
Alfisol
- B.
Entisol
- C.
Vertisol
Correct Answer
A. Alfisol -
- 11.
This order has minimal horizon development (more than entisols) and are often found on fairly steep slopes.
- A.
Vertisols
- B.
Spodosols
- C.
Inceptisols
Correct Answer
C. Inceptisols -
- 12.
This soils has very recent origin and is developed in unconsolidated parent material
- A.
Entisols
- B.
Vertisols
- C.
Aridisols
Correct Answer
A. Entisols -
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