Soil Classes
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Soil Texture Triangle
What soil texture affects
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.05-2.0 mm

What is the range of size of sand in soil?

100

feels gritty

What is sandy soil?

100

the soil texture with  30% clay - 20% silt - 50% - sand 

What is silty clay loam, clay loam?

100

physical condition of the soil


What is soil tilth?

100

The third planet from the sun

What is the Earth?

200

.002-.05 mm

What is silt?

200

has a flour like appearance

What is silty soil?

200

the soil texture of 10% clay- 0% silt - 90% sand

What is sand?

200

amount of air in the soil

What is aeration?

200

the capital of Alabama

What is Montgomery? 

300

made of particles less than .002 mm

What is clay?

300

forms a long ribbon

What is clayey soil?

300

60 % - 20% - 20%

What is clay?

300

the total capacity of a soil to hold exchangeable cations

What is cation exchange capacity?

300

this original game was circular

What is Monopoly?

400

greater than 2.0 and aren't considered in determining soil texture.

What is gravel and rocks?

400

feels slick when moist

What is silty soil?

400

30% - 10% - 60%

What is sandy clay loam?

400

how much water the soil can hold

What is water holding capacity?

400

an animal that can sleep for 3 years

What is a snail?

500

the combined amounts of these are what determine soil texture.

What are sand, silt, and clay?

500

contains a high amount of clay

What is a long ribbon?

500

50% - 50% - 50%

What is impossible?

500

a high one of these means the soil can absorb more base and/or acid without a significant change in pH.

What is pH buffering capacity?

500

mosquitoes are most attracted to this color

What is the color blue?