A way to test soil texture by pushing the cast of the soil through your thumb and pointer finger.
What it ribboning?
A way to test the texture and strength of soil by squeezing soil in hand and seeing how it reacts to the pressure; does it mold to the shape of your hand, or does it crumble apart?
What is Casting?
What is the formula for slope in agriculture? (Use lowercase letter L for absolute value bars)
What is lF1+F2l/Distance x 100?
What are the three main soil particles?
What are the three main landforms?
What is Upland, Outwash/Terrace, and Floodplain?
The breaking down of rock, minerals, and organic matter creates?
What is soil?
The shape of the land that is heavily influenced by soil.
What is Landform
Solve for slope
Flag 1 - elevation 20 feet
Flag 2 - elevation 0 feet
Distance - 100 feet
What is m=20%?
Foundational rock substance from which soil formed and is deeply affected by.
What are the five main textures of soil?
What is Fine, Moderately Fine, Medium, Moderately Coarse, and Coarse?
What texture of soil can cast but can't ribbon?
What is Moderately Coarse?
What texture of soil can cast and has a ribbon greater than two inches?
What is Fine?
What texture of soil can cast but has a crumbling ribbon?
What is Medium?
What texture of soil has can't cast and can't ribbon?
What is Coarse?
What texture of soil can cast and can have a ribbon up to two inches?
What is the only landform that doesn't have strong development?
What is a Flood Plain?
Diverse living things that live in soil like earthworms and bacteria.
What is Organisms?
Solve for slope
Flag 1 - elevation 50 feet
Flag 2 - elevation 48 feet
Distance - 50 feet
What is m=4%?
The grouping of soils based on climate, parent material, and vegetation.
What is soil orders?
Carbon based component of soil that breaks down people, animals, and plants to make good soil.
What is organic matter?
Solve for slope
Flag 1 - 50 feet
Flag 2- 30 feet
Distance- 40 feet
Solve for slope
Flag 1- 75 feet
Flag 2- 100 feet
Distance- 100 feet
What is m=25%
Solve for slope
Flag 1 - elevation 20 feet
Flag 2 - elevation 22 feet
Distance - 25 feet
What is m=8%?
Solve for slope-
Flag 1- 4 feet
Flag 2- 3 feet
Distance- 100 feet
What is m=1%
Solve for slope
Flag 1- 6 feet
Flag 2- 7 feet
Distance= 100 feet
What is m=1%