Back to marketplace

Soils

No description yet. This curated deck is ready for daily study.

Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

Card preview (24)

#1
Front (Question)

Soil

Back (Answer)

The uppermost layer of the earth’s crust or lithosphere

#2
Front (Question)

Pedology

Back (Answer)

Soil science, the study of soils

#3
Front (Question)

Four components of soil:

Back (Answer)

• Mineral fraction • Organic matter • Soil air • Soil water

#4
Front (Question)

Soil Profile

Back (Answer)

• The vertical section of soil - Differs in physical, chemical and organic composition and physical properties (texture, structure, colour)

#5
Front (Question)

O =

Back (Answer)

Organic horizons

#6
Front (Question)

Organic Horizons

Back (Answer)

Are derived from organic parent material and peat in wet ecosystems

#7
Front (Question)

L =

Back (Answer)

Leaf litter

#8
Front (Question)

F =

Back (Answer)

Fibric material

#9
Front (Question)

H =

Back (Answer)

Humus

#10
Front (Question)

Mineral Horizons:

Back (Answer)

• Ah • Ae • B • C

#11
Front (Question)

Ah =

Back (Answer)

A horizon, rich in humus, dark, and nutrient rich

#12
Front (Question)

Ae =

Back (Answer)

A horizon, leached, grey and few nutrients

#13
Front (Question)

B =

Back (Answer)

Modified horizon and deposits from Ae

#14
Front (Question)

C =

Back (Answer)

Parent material and is essentially unaltered

#15
Front (Question)

CLORPT

Back (Answer)

Climate, organisms, relief, parent material, time

#16
Front (Question)

Climate:

Back (Answer)

The temperature and precipitation. It controls the physical and chemical weathering

#17
Front (Question)

Organisms:

Back (Answer)

Organic matter, biotic influences

#18
Front (Question)

Relief:

Back (Answer)

Topography, aspect and elevation

#19
Front (Question)

Parent Material:

Back (Answer)

Composition, structure, texture acidity and nutrients

#20
Front (Question)

Time:

Back (Answer)

Change, dynamic

#21
Front (Question)

Soil forming processes:

Back (Answer)

• Enrichment • Removal • Translocation • Transformation • Biological processes • Human Impacts

#22
Front (Question)

Enrichment:

Back (Answer)

Material addition (mineral or organic deposition)

#23
Front (Question)

Removal

Back (Answer)

= Losses - Surface erosion (materials removed from LFH or A horizons) and leaching (materials dissolved in water)

#24
Front (Question)

Translocation:

Back (Answer)

= Movement between horizons • Eluviation • Illuviation