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Key Points Review Chapter 3

Leah Jones 7 questions

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1Soil scientists from which country first conceived the idea that soils were natural bodies?
1. AUnited States
2. BBelgium
3. CRussia
4. DFrance
2In which of the following epipedons is the organic matter typically the lowest?
1. AUmbric
2. BMollic
3. CHistic
4. DMelanic
5. EOchric
3Which soil moisture regime has the highest soil moisture levels?
1. AAquic
2. BUdic
3. CUstic
4. DXeric
5. EAridic
4Which of the following subsurface diagnostic horizons would you expect to find in a highly weathered soil of the humid tropics?
1. ANatric
2. BSpodic
3. CCambic
4. DSalic
5. EOxic
5Which of the following diagnostic horizons would likely NOT restrict root growth in soils?
1. Apetrocalcic
2. Bsalic
3. Cplacic
4. Dalbic
5. Efragipan
6Which of the following temperature regimes would provide the warmest and least variable soil temperatures?
1. Athermic
2. Bhyperthermic
3. Cisothermic
4. Disohyperthermic
5. Emesic
7Which of the following categories of Soil Taxonomy provides the greatest specificity of soil properties?
1. ASeries
2. BGreat Group
3. CFamily
4. DSuborder
5. EOrder