What is Soil?
What are the three main soil particles for smallest to largest?
Clay, Silt, Sand
The measurement of how quickly water can move through a soil?
Permeability
Erosion that is sped up by human activity
Accelerated erosion
Sod
The correct order of nutrients listed on a fertilizer label.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
What is the difference between dirt and soil?
Dirt can not support plant life
What is the tool used to determine texture when proportions are known?
Soil Triangle
The physical breakdown of rock material.
Mechanical/ physical weathering.
A structure intentionally built, or allowed to exist that prevents wind erosion.
Wind break
The condition that results as a lack of nutrients
Deficiency
What is the term used to describe a cross section of soil showing the different layers?
soil profile
What is the texture of a soil that is equal parts sand, silt and clay?
Loam
The type of erosion where all topsoil is removed.
Scalding
A plant intentionally used to improve soil quality.
Cover crop
Nutrients needed in small amounts
Micronutrients
What is the importance of pore space?
To hold air and water in the soil to allow it to support plant life.
What are two ways to determine soil texture?
Field testing and Lab analysis
Water that sticks in the soil.
Capillary water
A soil conservation method that cuts horizontal section out of a steep incline with the purpose of slowing down moving water.
terraces
The measure of the amount of an agricultural harvest.
Yield
what is the correct order of soil horizons from the surface downward?
O, A, B, R
What is the difference between soil texture and soil structure?
Structure is how it is put together texture is what makes it up.
What is the difference between erosion and weathering?
Erosion is movement, weathering is breakdown.
A farming practice that limits the amount of time that the soil is turned over
No till farming.
The condition that results from heavy use- when pore space i soil is completely removed.
Compaction