Regolith - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCSC 301 Exam 1 with Questions and Answers Soils in Texas ANSWER There are 255 distinct soils in Texas Texas has a variety of types of soil 5 Major Soil Functions ANSWER 1. Medium for Plant Growth 2. Support for buildings and roads 3. Habitat for organisms 4. Purification of waters and regulator of water supplies 5. Recycling system for nutrients and organic wastes Medium for plants growth ANSWER Physical support Supply mineral support Holds water → plants require a continuous...

AquifersClays are the most stable minerals on earth surface - correct answer True what are some controls on chemical weathering? - correct answer particle size, presence of plants, and rock composition Carbonates are especially susceptible to physical weathering. - correct answer False (chemical) What is an aquifer? - correct answer Highly permeable rock or regolith that is economically useful as a source of water. What is a confined aquifer? - correct answer confined between 2 imper...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but n...

GEOG 101 Quiz 9 - Questions & Answers The weathered layer of loose inorganic material overlaying unfragmented rock below is ________. Regolith Which is NOT a main soil-forming factors? human activity Seeds germinate mainly in the ________ horizon. A Most soil development takes place ________. on scales of time longer than human life spans The unconsolidated parent materials beneath the level of roots is called the ________ horizon of soil. C Dead plant parts are known as ________ when they accu...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not ...

Which of the following is an exogenic process? Volcanism Weathering Earthquakes Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - Weathering Which of the following is an endogenic process? Weathering Glacial erosion Volcanism Stream deposition - Volcanism Uniformitarianism assumes that mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events. catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred. Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events. the same physical processes we see today ...

Weathering correct answers The disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near earth's surface. soil correct answers sand, silt, clay correct answers Three components of soil Accelerated vs geological erosion correct answers A combination of mineral and organic matter, water, and air. The portion of the regolith that supports plant growth. angle of repose correct answers The steepest angle at which loose material remains stationary, without sliding slopes longshore current c...

Which of the following is an exogenic process? - weathering Which of the following is an endogenic process? - volcanism Uniformitarianism assumes that - the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale? - The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon. Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mi...

SCSC EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY GRADED A+ Five soil forming factors active factors - ANSWER- -climate -biological activity Five soil forming factors passive factor - ANSWER- -parent material -time Five soil forming factors modifying factor - ANSWER- -topography (relief) relief - ANSWER- topography 6 key roles of soil - ANSWER- - medium for plant growth (nutrients, support, water, O2) - system for water su...

GEG 111 EXAM 3 | HARPER COLLEGE | LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ A major difference between a barrier island and a barrier spit is -Correct Answer: a barrier spit is connected to the mainland, whereas a barrier island is not A shallow saltwater body cut off from the ocean by a bay barrier is known as a -Correct Answer: lagoon The destruction of a mangrove swamp might lead to -Correct Answer: loss of species and coastal erosion Whi...