Biology > EXAM > AGRICULTURE LICENSURE EXAM REVIEWER SOIL SCIENCE EXAM Set 1 | Exam questions (All)

Also available in bundle ( Click Here )

AGRICULTURE LICENSURE EXAM REVIEWER SOIL SCIENCE EXAM Set 1 | Exam questions

Document Content and Description Below

1. The soil order of organic soils a. Histosols b. Entisols c. Andisols d. Mollisols 2. Soil particles whose size is less than 1 micron a. Soil colloids b. Sand c. Silt d. Organic matter 3.... The original source of most organic matter in soil is a. Plant residues b. Bodies of dead animals and insects c. Soil inhabiting microorganisms d. Rocks 4. The orderly arrangement of atoms in the clay crystalline structure a. Lattice structure b. Layered structure c. Octahedron d. Tetrahedron 5. The process whereby ions absorbed on the surface of soil colloids are exchanged for ions in the soil solution. a. Anion exchange b. Cation exchange c. Ion exchange d. Isomorphous substitution 6. Compute the base saturation of a soil with a CEC of 100me/100gm and whose exchange sites are occupied by 20 me/100gm of basic cations. a. 20% b. 25% c. 60% d. 80% 7. A civil engineer is a a. Edaphologist b. Pedologist c. Petrologist d. Anthrophologist 8. The parent material correspond to horizon a. AB b. C c. D d. ABCD 9. The mineral supplying P is a. Feldspar b. Apetite c. Talc d. Pyrite 10. The hardest mineral is: a. Diamond b. Talc c. Quartz d. Apatite 11. The major form of nitrogen in the soil a. Elemental b. Inorganic c. Organic d. Available 12. The soil profile is found in the a. Core b. Mantle c. Crust d. Moho layer 13. The microorganisms responsible for the conversion of nitrite to nitrate. a. Azotobacter b. Mycorrhizae c. Nitrobacter d. Nirosoma [Show More]

Last updated: 2 years ago

Preview 1 out of 26 pages

Buy Now

Instant download

We Accept: