Fertilizers Flashcards
guano, phosphate rock, limestone, dolomite, magnesite, peat, pyrite, and sulfur are all sources of phosphates except:
a. guano
b. phosphate rock
c. magnesite
d. pyrite
e. none of the above
E. none of the above
Are derived from air and water and are needed in large quantities (Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen).
A. Essential elements
B. Micronutrients
C. Macronutrients
D. Minerals
C. Macronutrients
Are crucial for plant health and are typically supplied by fertilizer minerals (e.g.N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S).
A. Essential elements
B. Micronutrients
C. Macronutrients
D. Minerals
E. None of the above
E. None of the above (Soil supplied nutrients)
Are needed in smaller amounts but are vital for plant development and disease resistance.
A. Essential elements
B. Micronutrients
C. Macronutrients
D. Minerals
B. Micronutrients
Consists of the accumulated excrement and remains of birds and bats, providing an essential organic source of P and N.
A. Phosphatic rocks
B. Phosphate
C. Phosphatic limestone
D. Guano
D. Guano
Under ideal conditions, the rate of deposition of modern guano deposits is as thick as _____ per year.
A. 8 to 12 cm
B. 8 to 10 cm
C. 9 to 15 cm
D. 9 to 20 cm
B. 8 to 10 cm
The initial search for and investigation of guano deposits dated back in ____, when V.E. Elicaño of the then Division of Mines, Bureau of Science assessed guano bearing caves in
A. 1923, Aklan, Capiz
B. 1922, Dumarao, Capiz
C. 1932, Negros Oriental
D. 1942, Aklan, Capiz
B. 1922, Dumarao, Capiz
Guano deposits show wide variability from average of _ to _ % in phosphorous pentoxide in content
A. 1.5 % to 36 %
B. 1.3% to 36%
C. 1.5% to 35%
D. 1.4% to 37%
A. 1.5% to 36%
Usually dark chocolate brown, soft, oblong, and about the size of a grain of palay which eventually disintegrates into pulverulent masses.
A. Fresh guano
B. Phosphatized limestone
C. Phosphatic guano
D. Limestone
A. Fresh guano
Fresh guano contains ____ of nitrogen
A. < 1 to 6%
B. 3 to 5%
C. 8 to 10%
D. 11 to 15%
A. < 1 to 6%
Fresh guano contains how much phosphorous pentoxide?
A. 0.25 to 10 %
B. 10 to 15%
C. 20 to 40%
D. 50 to 70%
A. 0.25 to 10%
Produced by the mixing of transported soil material with droppings and remains of bats and birds deposited inside the cave, is relatively loose and much lighter in color than fresh guano.
A. Fresh guano
B. Phosphatized limestone
C. Phosphatic soil
D. Limestone
C. Phosphatic soil
Phosphatic soils gathered from several caves in the region yield total phosphorus pentoxide of about___.
A. 4 to 16%
B. 8 to 12%
C. 4 to 12%
D. 10 to 12%
C. 4 to 12%
They are porous, friable, hard, compact, and similar to the subjacent phosphatized limestone, except that they effervesce weakly or not at all in acids.
A. Fresh guano
B. Phosphatized limestone
C. Phosphatic soil
D. Phosphatized guano
D. Phosphatized guano
Phosphatized high-grade guano deposits carry as much as _ % of total phosphorous pentoxide
A. 47. 6%
B. 58.9%
C. 37.9%
D. 38.9%
C. 37.9%