Soil Lingo

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Carbonate

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Salty

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Humas

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Organic matter that has completely broken down

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Loam soil

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The most desirable soil. ( 32% sand sized particles, 45% silt, 23% clay)

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Colloids

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Particles so small they can remain suspended in water

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Siliceouse

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Sands ( glassy)

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Pallid

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Lacking colour / brightness

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PH

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Potential hydrogen

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Laterite

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Iron hard rock

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Igneous

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Formed by volcanic action

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Soil is made up of

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Mineral particles/ organic matter/ air/ water

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Aeolean

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Of the wind

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Define soil texture

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The proportion of different size particles

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What is the most desirable ph

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6.5 -7

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Soil reaction

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Just another word for PH

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How does soil reaction/ph affect the soil

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Solubility of nutrients and microbial activity

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4 major components of soil

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Water, air , solid mineral particles & organic matter

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5 different size soil particles

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Course sand, fine sand, gravel, silt & clay

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Where would u b most likely to find alkaline soils

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Costal areas

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Where would you be most likely to find acid soils

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Low lying swampy areas

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Sand is formed by

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Physical erosion

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Clay is formed by

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Chemical erosion

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What is ph

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A term used to define acidity or alkalinity

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What is soil texture

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The proportion or % of different size particles.

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List 4 major components of soil

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Water , air , solid mineral particles and organic matter.

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What are the gaps in soil called

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Pore spaces

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What are the 5 different size soil particles

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Course sand, fine sand, gravel, silt and clay,

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What kind of weathering/erosion makes sand

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Physical weathering/erosion

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What kind of weathering/erosion makes clay

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Chemical weathering/erosion

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What is soil ph

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A term used to describe acidity or alkalinity.

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How does soil reaction (ph) affect soil

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It affects the solubility of nutrients and microbial activity.

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What is the most favorable soil ph

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6.5 - 7

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Name a plant that prefers alkaline soil

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Costal rosemary

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Name a plant that prefers acidic soil

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Blue berries

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What is soil structure

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The arrangement of primary soil particles being bound together by cementing agents (coloids) to form aggregate.

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Big pore spaces hold

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Air

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Small pore spaces hold

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Water

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PED

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Naturally occurring soil aggregate

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CLODS

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Man made lumps of soil.

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TILT

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The condition of the top soil ( sandy, cloddy, crumbly.)

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Soils maybe acidic, neutral , or alkaline depending on the amount of

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Hydrogen and hydroxyl iorns.