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Soil Flashcards

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What are the 5 main things in soil?

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Water, mineral matter, air, humus, living organisims

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What percentage is mineral matter in soil

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45%

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What percentage is water in soil

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25%

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What percentage is air in soil

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25%

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5
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What percentage is humus/living organisms in soil

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5%

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What is mineral matter made of?

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rock particles, sand, silt, and clay

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What is soil?

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Soil is a loose material on the earths surface

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What are living organisms and what do they do?

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Snails, worms, break down soil, bind soil and create little tunnels of air throughout soil

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What is humus and what does it provide?

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Dead organic matter which is broken down and mixed into soil. It provides important nutrients.

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In what different ways is soil formed/helped to form?

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climate, parent material, vegetation, living organisims, time, landscape.

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is soil renewable or non renewable

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Non renewable in our lifetime

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What are the 5 layers of soil

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Top layer: Litter layer
2nd layer: A horizon/ topsoil
3rd layer: B horizon/ subsoil
4th layer: C horizon
5th layer: Bedrock

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What is leaching

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Washes the nutrients out of soil

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What is hardpan

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minerals such as clay+iron cement together to form hardpan

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What does healthy soil do?

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Produces crops, healthy animals grow, filters water, stores carbon, supports living organisims

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What is monoculture

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When the same crop continiously being used in the same land. The land eventually tires of this

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What is desertification and give an example

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When soil is damaged or overused it can become infertile EG: Desert Sahal

18
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What is soil conservation?

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Is the prevention of loss of soil from erosion

19
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What is sustainable agriculture

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correctly managing the amount of food, timber and crops required

20
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What are the different types of soil in ireland

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Brown earth soils
podzol soils
Gley soils
peaty soiks

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