Vocab
What is Till?
Top soil is found in the.....
What is the A horizon?
The largest particle in soil. In my soil jar I can see the individual pieces of soil in the bottom layer.
What is Sand?
What is Air
A worm like soil microorganism that can be parasitic to plants
What are Nematodes?
Living or dead parts of a plant within the soil
What is Plant Material?
Parent material is found
A word used to describe a mixture of sand, silt an clay
What is Loam?
The space filled by water in the soil. Usually really close to a clay particle
What is a Micropore?
Earth worms are an example of this kind of soil organism
What are Soil Macroorganisms
When soil and nutrients are moved downward by water movement
What is leaching?
The horizon that extends 0-2 inches into the ground from the surface
The O horizon
What is Sand, Silt, Clay?
Accounting for 25% of the soil volume, this component is crucial to plant life as it keeps them from wilting
What is water?
These microorganisms form a symbiotic relationship with plants. Some strains can even help plants convert nitrogen from the air into useable nutrients.
What is Bacteria?
The soil left when an ancient lake dries up
What are Lacustrine Deposits?
Sub soil is found in the....
What is the B horizon?
To convert a decimal to a percent.
(EX: 0.10 = 10%)
What is Multiply by 100
-OR-
Move the decimal 2 places to the right?
This component of the soil is made up of crushed up rock and minerals
What is Minerals?
Living or once living. Contains high amounts of Carbon
What is Organic?
Soil formed by wind eating away at stone.
What are Aeolian Soils?
The order of soil horizons from the surface to the core of the earth
What is O,A,B,C
A soil that is 50% Sand, 30% Silt, and 20% clay.
What is loam?
This soil component can be influenced by management practice such as tillage, cover cropping, and manure applications
What is Organic Matter?
The process by which soil nutrients detach from clay particles and move into the soil solution for plant uptake