SOIL SCIENCE MIDTERM (WEEK 1)

Question 1

Definition of soil profiles:

Answer 1

The layers of generally lose mineral and/or organic material that are affected by physical, chemical, and/or biological processes at or near the planetary surface and usually hold liquids, gases, and biota and support plants.

Question 2

Definition of Master Horizons Profile:

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Definition of Profiles

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Definition of Scientific Method:

Answer 4

Driven through falsification of hypotheses, eliminating what cannot be true, leaving remaining options increasingly likely to be correct.

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Definition of Replacement Costs

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Definition of Theory:

Answer 6

An explanation of
nature or the universe that
has been repeatedly tested
and consistently found true

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Definition of Scientific Law:

Answer 7

A discovered
fundamental truth about
reality.

Question 8

Definition of Atmosphere + Other info:

Answer 8

Gases:
-Carbon dioxide.
-Oxygen.
-Nitrogen.

Question 9

Definition of Biosphere + Other info:

Answer 9

-Plants
-Animals
-Microbes
-Their products and remains

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