Soil Particles
Smallest particle size
What is clay?
Silky/powdery to the touch.
What is silt?
Water entering the soil.
What is infiltration?
System used to classify soils.
What is soil taxonomy?
Forest soil that is common to northcentral states.
What is an alfisol?
0.002mm-0.05mm
What is silt?
Equal mixture of sand, clay, and silt.
What is loam?
Volume of oven-dry soil.
What is bulk-density?
Russian soil scientist who created the system we use today.
Who was V. V. Dokuchaev?
Made from volcanic materials.
What is an andisol?
Measurement of area inside a clump of soil.
What is internal surface area?
Particles stick together.
What is clay?
Ease of how gases, liquids, and solids can go through a a mass of soil.
What is permeability?
The year the latest soil order was named.
What is 1998?
Clay that cracks when it is dry.
What is a vertisol?
What is sand?
Test for texture of soil.
What is a ribbon test?
Water draining through soil.
What is percolation?
66 of these.
What is a suborder?
Found in cold climates. High organic matter.
What is a gelisol?
Pores that hold water.
What are micropores?
25% Clay, 30% Silt, and 45% sand.
What is loam?
Measure of how much of a soil can hold air and water.
What is total pore space?
Soil classifications help figure this out using certain soil properties.
What is land use?
Found in northeast US and like cool humid regions.
What is a spodosol?