This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Soil Science > Fundamentals Research > Fundamentals Of Soil Science – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fundamentals Of Soil Science Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is fairly coarse and loose so water is able to drain through it easily. A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Loam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 2. Loam is clumpy, dark and has ....., ....., ..... A) Clay, silt, and sand. B) Bark, mud, and dirt. C) Plants, mud, and bark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay, silt, and sand. 3. What is the largest particle that makes up soil called? A) Humus. B) Erosion. C) Clay. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand. 4. Colluvial Soils are moved by ..... A) Wind. B) Water. C) Gravity. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 5. A seed with two cotyledons is called a ..... A) Monocot. B) Dicot. C) Flower. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dicot. 6. There are terms called for a major factor in soil formation, choose the correct term for each factor of soil formation. A) Climosequence for climate. B) Biosequence for organisms. C) Chronosequence for time. D) Lithosequence for topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosequence for topography. 7. Phosphate deficiency is seen by what coloring of the plant? A) Purple. B) Bluish. C) Brown. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purple. 8. What percent of soil is water? A) 25. B) 45. C) 5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25. 9. Two types of water holding in the soil, assess which of this statement belongs "after the rain, water from raindrops attracts to the available water present in the soil". A) Adhesion. B) Chelation. C) Cohesion. D) Abrasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cohesion. 10. What soil organisms like lime. A) Beetles. B) Ants. C) Earthworms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthworms. 11. Which of the following is a native species in Connecticut? A) White walnuts. B) Black walnuts. C) Butternut walnuts. D) Persian walnuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black walnuts. 12. Which of the following best describes a dichotomous key? A) Uses a branching diagram called a cladogram to show relationships. B) Identifies plants by a series of choices between pairs of alternatives. C) Is the systematic arrangement of plants into groups and subgroups based on common characteristics. D) Is a type of plant classification which uses a hierarchy system for classification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identifies plants by a series of choices between pairs of alternatives. 13. What type of soil water forms as a very thin film surrounding soil particles and is generally not available to the plant? It is bound so tightly to the soil by adhesion properties that very little of it can be taken up by plant roots. A) Capillary. B) Gravitational. C) Hygroscopic. D) Flowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hygroscopic. 14. What type of soil has large particles and can't hold water good? A) Sandy. B) Peaty. C) Silty. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sandy. 15. Returning crop stubble can improve levels of organic matter in the soil. This is when A) The type of crops grown in a paddock is changed regularly in a planned order. B) Fast-growing crops are grown and ploughed back into the soil before they seed. C) Part of a crop not harvested for sale can be returned to the soil. D) The soil is not cultivated, but seeds are sown directly into the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Part of a crop not harvested for sale can be returned to the soil. 16. It is a formation of rocks through the process of heat and pressure or chemical action, generally harder than the original rocks. A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Igneous rocks. C) Metamorphic rocks. D) Intrusive rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic rocks. 17. It is made up of small grains: A) Loamy Soil. B) Sandy Soil. C) Clayey Soil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clayey Soil. 18. What are small organelles found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of a cell? A) Vacuoles. B) Mitochondria. C) Ribosomes. D) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ribosomes. 19. Big tree roots grow up to ..... layer A) Top soil. B) Substartum. C) Subsoil. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subsoil. 20. In the early 1700s, a farmer named Charles Townsend experimented with ..... A) Growing plants without water. B) How different rocks melt. C) Turning rocks into soil. D) Crop rotation. 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