Soil Classification Overview
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What is the formative element that expresses the degree of diagnostic horizon expression within each suborder taxa?

  • Great group (correct)
  • Subgroup
  • Soil order
  • Family
  • How are soil suborders determined?

  • Based on soil moisture regimes and diagnostic features (correct)
  • By studying the horizon characteristics
  • By the number of horizons and color
  • By particle size class and mineralogy
  • What defines a soil's subgroup?

  • Horizon characteristics
  • Diagnostic features
  • Properties transitional to other orders (correct)
  • Particle size class
  • How are soil series differentiated among each other?

    <p>Through color and texture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the smallest unit that soils are subdivided into, except for soil type and phase?

    <p>Soil series</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the phases within a soil series?

    <p>Slope, erosion, or salt content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of determining soil suborders?

    <p>To understand soil moisture regimes and diagnostic features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are soil great groups classified?

    <p>By studying horizon characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What properties define a soil's subgroup?

    <p>Properties transitional to those in other groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a soil series determined?

    <p>Using characteristics such as color and thickness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the technical family name of a soil?

    <p>Particle size class and CEC</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are soil phases determined within a soil series?

    <p>To account for differences in slope, erosion, or salt content</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the major characteristic used to differentiate soil types within a series?

    <p>Surface texture of the soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is typically used to determine a soil's family?

    <p>of control section</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the formative element of a great group?

    <p>Degree of expression</p> Signup and view all the answers

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