pH
If something has a pH of 7 what is it?
Neutral
What are the five soil formation factors?
Climate, Organisms, relief, parent material.
What are the four soil formation process?
Addition, reduction, translocation, transformation.
What texture does sand have?
Gritty
Spaces between soil material that allows oxygen and water to flow through it is known as what?
Porosity.
Anything with a pH of 1-6 is a what?
Acid
Which of the five soil formation factors involves temperature and rainfall?
Climate
The breaking down or reduction of soil is called what?
Erosion
What is the biggest soil particle?
Sand
To add Porosity to soil whatt you add sand, silt or clay?
Sand
Anything with a pH of 8-14 is what?
A base
What does organic matter do for soil?
Adds nutrients
What two forms does erosion come in?
Water and wind
The perfect combination of sand, silt and clay is known as what?
Loam.
If water and air get stuck in the soil and plants cannot breath well in the soil, your soil most likely has to much what?
Clay
A chemical substance that neutralizes acids and bases when added to a solution is what?
Buffers
Soil that comes from broken down rock can be best described as what?
Parent material
What is leaching or erosion of soil known as?
Reduction
Clay has what texture?
Sticky
Why is porosity important?
Allows water and oxygen to move through the soil.
If the pH is not correct in the soil what can happen?
Plants might not be able to receive the nutrients necessary for growth.
Topography: Where are the most fertile soils found in relation to the relief of the landscape?
In the lower regions that have the most broken down parent material.
Translocation is....
The movement within the soil profile.
What texture does silt have?
Smooth.
How does organic matter help with porosity?
Organic matter, such as roots, breaks up the soil and provides additional space for air and wate