SOIL SCIENCE MIDTERM (WEEK 1) Flashcards
Definition of soil profiles:
The layers of generally lose mineral and/or organic material that are affected by physical, chemical, and/or biological processes at or near the planetary surface and usually hold liquids, gases, and biota and support plants.
Definition of Master Horizons Profile:
Definition of Profiles
Definition of Scientific Method:
Driven through falsification of hypotheses, eliminating what cannot be true, leaving remaining options increasingly likely to be correct.
Definition of Replacement Costs
Definition of Theory:
An explanation of
nature or the universe that
has been repeatedly tested
and consistently found true
Definition of Scientific Law:
A discovered
fundamental truth about
reality.
Definition of Atmosphere + Other info:
Gases:
-Carbon dioxide.
-Oxygen.
-Nitrogen.
Definition of Biosphere + Other info:
-Plants
-Animals
-Microbes
-Their products and remains
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