REGOLITH AND SOILS

Question 1

all material bet. fresh bedrock and the ground surface

Answer 1

regolith

Question 2

composed of particles of broken rock chemically altered and experienced weathering and erosion

Answer 2

soil

Question 3

refers to the processes of transformation and translocation of material that compose the soil

Answer 3

pedogenesis

Question 4

has a horizon of clay accumulation and moisture and warmth enough to allow plant growth

Answer 4

alfisol

Question 5

volcanic soils composed of glass

Answer 5

andisol

Question 6

dry soil forming under desert conditions

Answer 6

aridisol

Question 7

recently formed soil that lacks a well-developed horizon

Answer 7

entisol

Question 8

permafrost soils

Answer 8

gelisol

Question 9

soil rich in organic matter

Answer 9

histosol

Question 10

young soils of little eluviation and illuviation

Answer 10

inceptisol

Question 11

soft soils with thick A horizons

Answer 11

mollisol

Question 12

soil with heavy oxide content

Answer 12

oxisol

Question 13

soils produced y podzolization and typical in coniferous forests in cooler slimates

Answer 13

spodosol

Question 14

soils heavily leached

Answer 14

ultisol

Question 15

inverted soils that swell and shrink forming cracks on its surface

Answer 15

vertisol

Question 16

a former or fossil soil preserved by burial underneath sediments or volcanic deposits

Answer 16

plaeosol

Question 17

a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate

Answer 17

caliche