Soil Horizon
The soil layer composed of minerals with humus.
What is the A Horizon?
Soil is formed through what 2 primary methods
What is chemical and physical weathering?
The three types of rock grains found in soil.
What is clay, sand and silt
Is very important for mixing the minerals and organic material.
What is earth worms?
The college that Ms. Polansky attended.
What is Texas Tech?
The layer that is just above the bedrock.
What is C horizon?
How long does it take for top soil to form?
What is 100 to 500 years?
Very fine grained and makes the soil feel sticky.
What is clay?
Another name for topsoil.
What is humus?
The team St Pius is playing in the homecoming football game?
Who are the Valencia Jaguars?
The bottom layer in the soil horizon lab.
What is the bedrock layer?
The source of weathered material.
What is the parent rock?
Has the largest grain size.
What is sand?
The ability to hold water in the soil.
What is porosity?
The homecoming theme for Wednesday.
What is western wear?
Horizons O and A are the first 2 layers in the soil horizon profile that are sometimes called
What is the topsoil?
This causes not only the movement of topsoil but also dries the soil.
What is wind erosion?
The five factors that lead to soil formation.
What is Parent Material, Time, Climate, Plants and Animals, and Topography?
The horizon where most roots are found.
What is the A horizon?
The mascot for UNM.
What is the Lobo?
Soil and dirt are different by which factor?
Most common form. Water is removed as it flows across the land
Has the least pore space.
What is clay?
The role that roots play in soil formation.
What is weathering of parent rock?
The chemical formula for water.
What is H2O