1.10-1.20

Question 1

Sand is between ….

Answer 1

0.05-2 mm

Question 2

what is between 0.05 and 0.002 mm

Answer 2

silt

Question 3

Clay is anything smaller than

Answer 3

0.002mm

Question 4

If something is bigger than 2mm, then its

Answer 4

coarse fragments

Question 5

rank the mineral constituents of soil by size

Answer 5

sand largest, silt medium and clay smallest

Question 6

what are the 3 mineral constituents of soil

Answer 6

sand silt clay

Question 7

Soil texture definition

Answer 7

the proportion of particles in the different size ranges(amount of sand silt clay)

Question 8

soil structure definition

Answer 8

the arrangement of sand silt and clay

Question 9

soil pores are

Answer 9

the voids between soil particles

Question 10

what are voids filled with

Answer 10

air and water

Question 11

whatis Soil water and where is it

Answer 11

resies in pore of the soil and containes nutrients

Question 12

Soil water infleunces

Answer 12

air concentration and nutrient supply

Question 13

Organic mater

Answer 13

is the arrangement of mineral particles into clusters

Question 14

how do roots take in nutrients

Answer 14

root interception, mass flow, diffusion

Question 15

weathering

Answer 15

any change that reduces size of rocks, rearrange mineral, add organic matter, change composition, create horizons

Question 16

3 rocks

Answer 16

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Question 17

igneus is formed by

Answer 17

cooled molten lava

Question 18

sedimentry

Answer 18

formed when mineral or organic particles accumulate on the Earth’s surface and are cemented together

Question 19

metamorphic

Answer 19

from any parent rock

Question 20

secondary minerals

Answer 20

weathered primary minerals

Question 21

how do primary minerals form

Answer 21

rimary minerals Form during the cooling and solidification of the earth’s crust’s original molten material.

Question 22

what 3 ways do roots uptake nutrients

Answer 22

root interception, mass flow, diffusion

Question 23

weathering definition

Answer 23

all physical and chemical changes that reduce size of rocks, rearrange mineral particles, add organic matter, change chemical composition of minerals and create horizons

Question 24

Weathering is a ___________ and __________ process

Answer 24

destructive and creative