Soil Formation in Agricultural and Forestry Land

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What type of soil forms quickly, showing little eluviation and illuviation with subsurface horizon formation?

Inceptisol

What type of soil is typically found under desert conditions?

Aridisol

Which soil order is known for containing highly expansive clay that swells when dried?

Vertisol

Soft soil under typical grassland cover formed in semiarid to semi-humid areas falls under which soil order?

Mollisol

Which soil order is typically found in deciduous and coniferous forests in cooler climates?

Spodosol

What type of soil is commonly found in unconsolidated sediments like sand or in recently formed soil with minimal horizons?

Entisol

What is the primary characteristic of ULTISOL soil?

Highly weathered and heavily leached

Which soil order contains few weatherable minerals and is often rich in Fe and Al oxide minerals?

OXISOL

What is the main characteristic of HISTOSOL soil?

Primarily organic materials

Which geological process changes the structure of the land by moving rock and soil from one location to another?

Erosion

Which land type is primarily occupied by public infrastructural supports like government establishments and hospitals?

Institutional Land

'Very cold climates' is a characteristic associated with which type of soil?

GELISOLS

'Breaking up of the earth's surface by forces of the atmosphere' describes which geological process?

Weathering

'Refers to the areas developed for factories and utilities' best describes which type of land?

Industrial Land

What primarily constitutes ANDISOLS?

Organic materials and volcanic ash

What is a distinctive feature of GELISOLS?

Contains permafrost in very cold climates

Learn about how soil is formed in agricultural and forestry land, influenced by factors including biological, physical, chemical processes, and human activities like the use of fertilizers and pesticides. Understand the role of parent material, residual soil, and the impact of various agronomic systems.

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