Soils Game Proj. (+Extra)

Parent Material

100

Weathered Bedrock 

(Give Traits of Parent Material)

Very Rare in Northern Indiana

200

Eolian Sand

pure sand over pure sand

Falls out throughout pit

no pebbles

judged throughout pit

300

Loess

Medium surface texture (silt) & subsoil (sticky silt  - silt clay)

No pebbles

judged high in pit

400

Alluvium

Next to water

organic material 

Medium over Medium

500

Local Overwash

Bottom of hill 

>20" thick

buries a dark horizon

judged high in pit

Slope

100

Pretty Level

0-2%

200

Large Hill

13-18%

300

XL Hill (Steep)

19-25%

400

Supersize Hill

26-35%

500

Ravine

>35%

Landform

100

Filled Depression

Local Overwash Parent Material

200

Floodplain

Alluvium Parent Material

300

Dune

Eolian Sand Parent Material

> 3% slope

400

Upland -

Hillslope - 

Swell - 

Depression - 

Flat - 

Till or Loess, Parent Material

> 3% Slope

<2%, convex water runs away<2%, 3 sides higher

Flat Landform marked yes

500

Outwash - 

Hillslope - 

Swell - 

Depression - 

Flat - 

Outwash Parent Material

> 3% slope

<2%, convex water runs away

<2%, 3 sides higher

<2%, flat circled yes on sitecard

Texture

100

Sandy

Will not ribbon

200

Moderately Sandy

Ribbons <1/2"

300

Medium

Medium Ribbons 1/2 - 1 & 1/2"

400

Moderately Clayey

Long Ribbon, Dull

500

Clayey

Long Ribbon, Shiney

Neck-Snappers

100

What Number Is Mike Chapel-Appleton Thinking Of? (1-100)

51

200

If you imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks, how would you survive?

Stop Imagining

300

If a monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree, who will get the banana first?

None, because you cannot get a banana from a coconut tree

400

What Question can never be answered with a yes?

Are You Asleep?

500

What Number Is Mrs. Bennet Thinking Of? (1-100)

42