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1
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Expressed in milliequivalents per 100 g of soil

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CEC

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2
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Any element that is positively charged such as Ca2+ is called a

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Cation

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3
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The ability of soil particles to absorb or adsorb and store anions

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AEC

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4
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Any element that is negatively charged such as Cl is called an

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Anion

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5
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Net result of the overall negative charge of the oxygen atom and the overal postive charges of the two hydrogen atoms

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Polarity

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6
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Clays with 11 fixed lance type (less expanding) belong to what clay group?

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Kaolinite group

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7
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This refers to the process by which soil nutrients tnents such as NO2 are washed down by water from the root zone of the plants

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Leaching

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8
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The kind of acidity which is due to the hydrogen ion concentration of the soil solution

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Active

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9
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The practice of covering the soil surface with matenals that can maintain an ideal soil temperature

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Mulching

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10
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The most common smectite which is among the “swelling clays”

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Montmorillonite

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A state of subdivision of a particle in the soil such that surface properties predominate

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Colloid

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12
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A type of silicate clays with two sheets held together by oxygen atom that are mutualy shared by Si and Al

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Kaolinite/non-expanding

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13
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Saline soil characterized by white crust on surface and predominantly containing CaCO, is also called

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White soil

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14
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Materials containing Ca or Ca and Mg compounds used mainly to neutralize soil acidity up to a desired level

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Lime

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15
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Unsegmented worms in soil mostly macroscopic

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Nematodes

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16
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Sificate, oxide and amorphous clays belong to this type of colloids

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Inorganic soils

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17
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The process of substitution of one ion for another of similar size within crystal lattice

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Isomorphous substitution

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18
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These root swelling forms due to the infection of root hairs by the Rhizobium bactena

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Nodule

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19
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This bacteral species oxidizes S to form SO2

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Thiobacillus

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20
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Nitrosomona Nitrosococcus. Nitrobacter and Nitrococcus belong to what group of N-Fixing Bacteria bacteria (with regards to the N cycle?

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N-Fixing bacteria

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21
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Indigenous bactena are called

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Authoctthonous

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22
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The process whereby cations adsorbed on the colloid are exchanged for those in the soil solution

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Cation exchange

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23
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The is ability to provide essential plant nutrients in adequate amounts and proper proportions to sustain plant growth

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Soil fertility

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24
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Invader bacteria are called

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Allocthonous

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25
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Sorption property of sols including exchange reactions of both cations and anions

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Ion sorption capacity

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26
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group of symbiotic fungi living in close association with the root system

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Mycorrhizal fungi

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27
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In terms of O requirement, these group of bacteria require O, to survive

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Aerobic

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28
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These are nitrogen-fixing and photosynthetic bacteria

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Blue-Green Algae

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29
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The process of accumulation of chemicals at the solid-liquid interface

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Adsorption

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30
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A problem sol having a low pH below 7.0

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Acidic soil

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31
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Soils which contain at least 2600 ppm soluble salts in the solution from a soil saturated with water

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Saline soil

32
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in terms of O, requirement, these group of bacteria only survive in the absence of 02

33
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This involves a series of management steps designed to leach or “wash out the salt’s or sodium form the soil

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Reclamation

34
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terms of O2requirement, these group of bacteria can survive ether in the
absence or presence of O2

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Facultative anaerobe

35
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Nutrients that are needed in relatively large amount than other nutrients

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Macronutrients

36
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In terms of energy and carbon sources, this group of microorganisms require preformed organic nutrients for energy and carbon

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Heterotrophic

37
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Soills which contain enough sodium (Na) to cause 15% of the cation exchange sites to be occupied by Na (exchangeable sodium percentage ESP)

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Alkali soils

38
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A type of silicate clays with unit layers that are loosely held together by weak oxygen-to-oxygen and cation-to-oxygen linkages

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2: SPANDING/SMECTITE/VERMICULATE

39
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Deficiencies of these nutnents show an older, lower leaves

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Mobile nutrient

40
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in terms of energy and carbon sources, this group of microorganisms obtain energy from sunlight and carbon from CO; assimilation

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Autotrophic

41
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A micronutrient that is a critical requirement for nitrogen metabolism in legumes

42
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Urea (46-0-0) contains how much (in percent) nitogen?

43
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In terms of temperature requirement, this group of microorganisms require optimal
temperatures between 25 to 35°C

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Thermopile

44
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Locally called the “sabog method of fertilizer application

45
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A type of erosion that is a result of human activities

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Accelerated

46
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The process ss occurs in the soil when air is forced in by wind or pressure

47
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terms of temperature requirement this group of microorganisms requires temperatures below 20°C

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Psycrophiles

48
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method of placement of fertilizer nutrients in a concentrated zone near the seed of around the base of the plant

49
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A type of silicate clays which contain interlayer K with the unit layers bonded more strongly than montmanlonile and vermiculite hence no expansion

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Illite2:1/Non expanding

50
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In term of temperature requirement. this group of microorganisms favor temperatures between 45 to 55°C

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Thermopile

51
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This the transitional group between simple bactena and fungi with overlapping Characteristics with both groups, many are antibiotic-producing

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Actinomycetes

52
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This group of microorganisms contains no chlorophyll, produces mycelia and has the widest pH range among the sor microorganisms, even existing in acid soils

53
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Green algae belong to what group of soil algae?

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Chrolophyta

54
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Blue- green algae belong to what group of soil algae?

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Cyanophyta

55
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Diatoms be org to what group of soil algae?

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Bacilliariophyta

56
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Yellow-green algae belong to what group of soil algae?

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Xanthophyta

57
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This is the process of converting substrate to protoplasmic carbon

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Assimilation

58
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This type of mycorrhiza is charactenzed by the fungal symbiont forming vesicles within the plant’s root system.

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VA mycorrhizae

59
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This species of bactena is the most active decomposer under anaerobic condition.

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Clostridium

60
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This type of interaction between species is charactenzed by both organisms benefiting from the interaction

61
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This is the process of converting organic compounds to inorganic forms

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Mineralization

62
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This is the process of transforming complex substrate into simple products.

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Degredation

63
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Ionic symbol
Nitrogen (monovalent onion)

64
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Phosphorus

65
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Potassium

66
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Magnesium

67
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Calcium

68
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Manganese

69
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Boron

70
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Zinc

71
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Iron for broad-leave plants

72
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Molybdenum

73
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Copper

74
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Sulfur

75
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Chroline

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