Chapter 5, lesson 2
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| What is a mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic matter, mineral fragments, water and air? | Soil
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| How much of the volume of soil is made of solid materials? | Half
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| Soil also contains water,other liquids and what? | Gases (air)
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| What are pores? | Small holes in the soil
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| What fills the pores in soil? | Water and gases
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| How can water flow through soil so easily? | Because it has pores
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| What do you call the movement of water through pores? | Porosity
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| The solid part of soil once -living organism is called what? | Organic material
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| Organic matter holds water and ? | Nutrients
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| What is inorganic matter? | Soil made from materials such as rock fragments that have never been alive
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| How many factors are their in soil formation ? | Five
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| What is the starting material of soil called? | Parent material
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| What is parent material made up of? | Rocks or sediments that that weathers and forms soil
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| The particle size and type of parent material can determine the what? | Properties of soil, climate,
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| Can soil rapidly form in warm or cool areas? | Warm areas
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| What is topography? | The shape and steepness of the landscape
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| What do you call all the organisms that live in a region? | Biota
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| Soil formation is a constant but what process? | Slow
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| What are horizons? | Layers of soil formed from the product of weathering
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| How many horizons are common to most soil? | Three
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| What is the A-horizon? | Soil you see when You dig a shallow hole
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| What is B-horizon? | Soil that contains a great deal of clay materials
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| What is C-horizon? | Soil that consists of parent material
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| The properties of a soil determine the best use of what? | The soil
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| How many major soil types in the world? | 12
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| What does soil type depend partly on? | Climate
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