Types of Soil Flashcards
1
Q
Frozen soils
A
Gelisols
2
Q
organic wetland soils
A
Histosols
3
Q
Cool, Temperature acidic soil
A
Spodosols
4
Q
Volcanic ash soils
A
Andisols
5
Q
Highly weathered tropical soils
A
Oxisols
6
Q
Shrinking and swelling soils
A
Vertisols
7
Q
Dryland sois
A
Aridisols
8
Q
Weathered tropical and subtropical soils
A
Ultisols
9
Q
Grassland soils
A
Mollisols
10
Q
Moderately weathered soils
A
Alfisols
11
Q
Slightly developed soils
A
Inceptisols
12
Q
Undeveloped soils
A
Entisols
13
Q
the 12 Types of soils:
A
• Gelisols
• Histosols
• Spodosols
• Andisols
• Oxisols
• Vertisols
• Aridisols
• Ultisols
• Mollisols
• Alfisols
• Inceptisols
• Entisols
