1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 What soil Order? Parent Materials Etc.Morphology Soil Taxonomy

2. Parent Material - 100 Parent material, climate, organisms, topography and time. Factors of Soil Formation

3. Parent Material- 200 Mixtures of minerals Rocks

4. Parent Material - 300 Igneous or sedimentary transformed by high heat and/or pressure Metamorphic

5. Parent Material- 400 Poorly sorted fragments on steep slopes or at foot of slopes, carried by gravity Colluvium

6. Parent Material - 500 Wind-carried silt Loess

7. Taxonomy - 100 The great group Haplaquolls belongs to this soil order. Mollisols!!! And you Better know this one

8. Taxonomy - 200 The great group Hapludoll belongs to this soil order, soil moisture regime, and will support this major crop. Mollisols, udic, corn

9. Taxonomy - 300 When comparing these two soil subgroups, which one is the “wettest?” Typic Haplaquolls Aquic Hapludolls Typic Haplaquolls

10. Taxonomy- 400 Place the following three soils in correct order from high to low elevation in a soil toposequence. Clarion—Typic Hapludolls Webster—Typic Haplaquolls Nicollet—Aquic Hapludolls Clarion, Nicollet, Webster

11. Taxonomy - 500 Place the following three soils in correct order from high to low elevation in a soil toposequence. Clarion—Typic Hapludolls Markey—Typic Borosaprists Webster—Typic Haplaquolls Nicollet—Aquic Hapludolls Clarion, Nicollet, Webster, Markey

12. Morphology - 100 Five common soil structure descriptors Granular, subangular blocky, angular blocky, massive, columnar, prismatic, single grain

13. Morphology - 200 Brightness or purity of the color. Chroma Amount of grey added. 1 = high grey (low purity) 8 = low grey (high purity) Chroma of 2 or less = gleyed conditions, poor drainage.

14. Morphology - 300 Spectral color of rainbow Hue

15. Morphology - 400 A soil color of 10YR 3/2 refers to what three attributes (must be in correct order) Hue, value, chroma

16. Morphology - 500 These features are attributed to strong soil structure aeration, lower bulk density, porosity, drainage, increased rooting depth, etc.

17. Etc. - 100 Unconsolidated mineral and organic material that serves as a natural medium for the growth of plants... Soil

18. Etc. - 200 –Nitrogen (NO 3 - ), NH 4 + ) –Phosphorus (H 2 PO 4 -, HPO 4 2 -) –Potassium (K + ) –Calcium (Ca 2+ ) –Magnesium (Mg 2+ ) –Sulfur (SO 4 2- ) Plant nutrients from soil

19. Etc. - 300 –C (CO 2 ) –H (H 2 O) –O (O 2, H 2 O) Plant Nutrients from air

20. Etc. - 400 Unconsolidated down to the bedrock is referred to as the Regolith A E B C R

21. Etc.- 500 The is the part of the soil profile that has weathered from the parent material, generally the A and B horizons Solum A E B C R

22. What soil order? - 100 Mollisols

23. What Soil Order? - 200 Alfisols

24. What Soil Order? - 300 Spodosols

25. What Soil Order? - 400 Ultisols

26. What Soil Order? - 500 Histosols