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What favorable properties does organic matter impart to the soil?
Which type of soil color indicates good aeration and little water logging?
What are the three main components of the Munsell Color System for defining soil color?
Why is the Munsell Color System used by soil scientists?
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Which mineral provides the most and greatest variety of pigments in earth and soil?
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What does a mottled subsoil with a splotchy pattern of brownish and grayish colors indicate?
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What is leucinization in the context of soil?
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Which horizon is characterized by being dominated by organic matter in a soil profile?
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What is the main process involved in laterization?
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In a soil profile, which horizon is associated with maximum eluviation?
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What does Podzolization involve?
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Which soil profile horizon is linked to weathered parent material?
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What does the color of a surface soil horizon mainly depend on?
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In which type of soil would you find ochric and non-diagnostic horizons?
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What is the diagnostic feature of mature tropical soils?
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Which type of soil typically has a profile sequence of A, E, Bt, and C?
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What mineral contributes to the yellow to red colors of intensely weathered tropical soils?
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Which soil type is characterized by clay enriched and nutrient enriched subsoil (argillic horizon)?
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