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Soil and Weathering Quiz

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about soils and weathering. The correct answers are marked in bold. The questions cover topics such as soil profiles, types of soils like alluvial and saline soils, examples of chemical and physical weathering like hydrolysis and cryofracturing, and factors that influence soil formation like climate, vegetation, and time. The last question asks about the term for the vertical arrangement of soil horizons.

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Soil and Weathering Quiz

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about soils and weathering. The correct answers are marked in bold. The questions cover topics such as soil profiles, types of soils like alluvial and saline soils, examples of chemical and physical weathering like hydrolysis and cryofracturing, and factors that influence soil formation like climate, vegetation, and time. The last question asks about the term for the vertical arrangement of soil horizons.

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Forests and their management: Assignment 3

The correct answers are in bold.

S. No. Question

1 In soil profile, C refers to


a. organic surface layer
b. topsoil layer
c. subsoil layer
d. substratum layer

2 Khadar is a type of
a. black cotton soil
b. alluvial soil
c. saline soil
d. red and yellow soil

3 Cryofracturing is an example of
a. chemical weathering
b. physical weathering
c. biological weathering
d. none of the above

4 Hydrolysis is an example of
a. chemical weathering
b. physical weathering
c. biological weathering
d. none of the above

5 Soil formation is dependent upon


a. vegetation
b. time
c. climate
d. all of the above

6 Bangar is a type of
a. black cotton soil
b. alluvial soil
c. saline soil
d. red and yellow soil

7 Which of these has the highest organic matter content?


a. peaty soil
b. alluvial soil
c. saline soil
d. red and yellow soil

8 Thermal stresses lead to


a. chemical weathering
b. physical weathering
c. biological weathering
d. none of the above

9 Regur is a term for


a. black cotton soil
b. alluvial soil
c. saline soil
d. red and yellow soil

10 Vertical arrangement of soil horizons is called


a. soil texture
b. soil structure
c. soil profile
d. soil science

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