10 Questions
The process of losing water from the soil to the air from both the ground and from plants is called which of the following?
Evapotranspiration
The sediment or weathered bedrock in which the soil forms is which of the following?
Parent Material
The windward side of a dune is also called which of the following?
Back slope
Rank the following types of sediment from largest to smallest
sand, silt, and clay
A clump of soil is called which of the following?
A ped
A dry lakebed found in arid regions is called which of the following?
Playa
Which of the following is a resistant surface created when fine particles blow away and coarse sediment is left behind?
Desert pavement
Igneous-rock derived parent material associated with coniferous vegetation makes Luvisols
False
Soil-forming processes are called pedogenic processes
True
A mixed soil texture is a loam
True
Study Notes
Soil and Sediment
- The process of losing water from the soil to the air from both the ground and from plants is called transpiration.
- The sediment or weathered bedrock in which the soil forms is called parent material.
- The windward side of a dune is also called the stoss side.
- Ranking of sediment types from largest to smallest: boulder, cobble, pebble, sand, silt, clay.
- A clump of soil is called a ped.
- A dry lakebed found in arid regions is called a playa.
- A resistant surface created when fine particles blow away and coarse sediment is left behind is called a deflation lag.
- Igneous-rock derived parent material associated with coniferous vegetation forms Luvisols.
- Soil-forming processes are called pedogenic processes.
- A mixed soil texture is a loam.
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