Soil Classes
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Soil Texture Triangle
What soil texture affects
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.05-2.0 mm
What is the range of size of sand in soil?
100
feels gritty
What is sandy soil?
100
the soil texture with 30% clay - 20% silt - 50% - sand
What is silty clay loam, clay loam?
100
physical condition of the soil
What is soil tilth?
100
The third planet from the sun
What is the Earth?
200
.002-.05 mm
What is silt?
200
has a flour like appearance
What is silty soil?
200
the soil texture of 10% clay- 0% silt - 90% sand
What is sand?
200
amount of air in the soil
What is aeration?
200
the capital of Alabama
What is Montgomery?
300
made of particles less than .002 mm
What is clay?
300
forms a long ribbon
What is clayey soil?
300
60 % - 20% - 20%
What is clay?
300
the total capacity of a soil to hold exchangeable cations
What is cation exchange capacity?
300
this original game was circular
What is Monopoly?
400
greater than 2.0 and aren't considered in determining soil texture.
What is gravel and rocks?
400
feels slick when moist
What is silty soil?
400
30% - 10% - 60%
What is sandy clay loam?
400
how much water the soil can hold
What is water holding capacity?
400
an animal that can sleep for 3 years
What is a snail?
500
the combined amounts of these are what determine soil texture.
What are sand, silt, and clay?
500
contains a high amount of clay
What is a long ribbon?
500
50% - 50% - 50%
What is impossible?
500
a high one of these means the soil can absorb more base and/or acid without a significant change in pH.
What is pH buffering capacity?
500
mosquitoes are most attracted to this color
What is the color blue?