1. Soils Exam Review Material Round Up

2. Lesson 1 What is the difference between soil and dirt?
What soil does for our environment (5 answers)
Soil Composition (Pie Chart)

3. Lesson 2 Classification of Soils 5 Classifying Properties
Soil Taxonomy (hint: O,S,G,S,F,S) and Pyramid
The 12 Soil Orders

4. Lesson 3 What are the Soil separates? Five Physical Properties of Soil
Surface Area
Porosity
Characteristics of Soil Structure
EX- Granular or Blocky

5. Lesson 4 Soil Color Munsell Color System
Hue
Value
Chroma
How/when to properly test soil color

6. Lesson 5
Soil Texture
How to test Soil Texture
Textural Triangle

7. Lesson 6
Soil Stickiness/Plasticity

8. Lesson 7 Soil Profiles What is a soil profile? What is a soil Horizon?
What are the soil horizons?
What does the soil profile tell us?

9. Lesson 8 Soil Nutrients Soil pH Chemical Properties
What are three primary nutrients?
Why are the nutrients important?
What is OM & What are 5 purposes of Organic Matter?
Soil pH
Acidity
Alkalinity
How to test
Etc-

10. Lesson 9 Soil Survey and Land Capabilities What is a Soil Survey
Why survey
Who publishes the survey’s
What is land capability
What are the classes and sub classes

11. Lesson 10
Soil Erosion
Types
Effects
Conservation