Biosphere - Podzol Flashcards
The vegetation associated with podzol is ___ ___ and ___ ___.
coniferous forest and heather moorland
The vegetation that grows on podzol has ___, ___ ___.
shallow, spreading roots
Podzol humus is ___ and ___ due to the nature of the ___ which stains the upper _-___ dark
dark and acidic, vegetation, A-horizon
The cold ___ of the ___ ___ (where Podzol is found), results in plant ___ breaking down ____.
climate, northern hemisphere, material, slowly
Podzol has very few ___ ___ to mix the ___, and so has very well-defined ___.
soil biota, soil, horizons
The upper _ horizon is stained ___ by ___ humus.
A, dark, mor
The lower _ horizon is ___-___with a ___ texture
A, ash-grey, sandy
An ___ ___ develops in the ___-_ horizon, impeding ___ and causing ___.
iron pan, upper-B, drainage, waterlogging
The B horizon is ___-___ with a ___ texture due to downwards ___.
reddish-brown, denser, leeching
An iron pan forms when…
iron and aluminium is deposited
The _ horizon is ___ material, which is ___ rocks, often from ___ or ___.
C, parent, acid, granit, schist
