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What is the primary influence on soil fertility?
What is the primary influence on soil fertility?
Which soil content generally leads to highly fertile soil?
Which soil content generally leads to highly fertile soil?
What is the smallest unit of land surface that can be used to study the characteristic soil profile?
What is the smallest unit of land surface that can be used to study the characteristic soil profile?
What term is used to describe the process by which soil stores and regulates the transformation of plant nutrients and elements in the ecosystem?
What term is used to describe the process by which soil stores and regulates the transformation of plant nutrients and elements in the ecosystem?
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Which process governs the transformation of nutrients into forms available for plant absorption in the ecosystem?
Which process governs the transformation of nutrients into forms available for plant absorption in the ecosystem?
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What liberates elements from complex materials during the decomposition of organic matter?
What liberates elements from complex materials during the decomposition of organic matter?
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What is the pivot of all nutrient transformations in soil?
What is the pivot of all nutrient transformations in soil?
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During the decomposition of organic matter, what generally happens to complex compounds?
During the decomposition of organic matter, what generally happens to complex compounds?
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Which activity drives elements back into rotation during nutrient transformations?
Which activity drives elements back into rotation during nutrient transformations?
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What role does soil play in nutrient transformations with respect to plant absorption?
What role does soil play in nutrient transformations with respect to plant absorption?
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