Soil
Name the 3 soil particle sizes.
Sand, Silt, and Clay
Kinetic or Potential Energy: An archer with his bow drawn
Potential Energy
Subatomic particles with a positive charge.
Protons
What does the atomic number tell you?
The number of protons in an atom.
A pot heating on a stove
Conduction
The fineness or coarseness of soil is called...
Soil Texture
Kinetic or Potential Energy: A bowling ball rolling down the alley
Kinetic Energy
The number of electrons that can fit in the second orbit or shell.
8
The amount of matter is something is known as...
Mass
Keeping warm with an electric blanket
Conduction
What is another word for soil formation?
Soil Genesis
What are the 3 components of the fire triangle?
Heat, Oxygen, and Fuel
The outermost electrons in a electron orbital are called...
Valence Electrons
What type of charges repel each other?
Positive and Negative
Boiling Water
Convection
How many basic soil textural classes are there?
12
The heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount (usually one degree).
Calorie
Where are the protons and neutrons located in an atom?
In the nucleus.
A substance that can not be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
An Element
Warming of the earth in the Mantel
Convection
Name all of the soil horizons in order (Letters)
OAEBCR
Heat flows from hotter objects to colder objects until it reaches a state where heat is no longer flowing called...
Thermal Equilibrium
How do you calculate the number of neutrons in an atom?
Subtract the number of protons/atomic number from the atomic mass number.
What is Atomic Radius?
Atomic radius is a measure of how “wide” an atom is from the center of its nucleus to the outermost electron shell.
Energy from the Sun
Radiation