Soil Classification System

Select two peat soils from the list below

• Ombrotrophic

• Alluvial

• Podzol

• Minerotrophic

Peat soils only contain one horizon, which horizon is it?

• A

• O

• B

• C

Are peat soils acidic or alkaline?

• Acidic

• Alkaline

Name this calcareous shallow soil

• Podzol

• Rendzina

• Luvisol

• Brown earth

There are two types of Gley soils, name them.

• Ground water gley

• Brown gley

• surface water gley

• Top soil gley

Reduction of minerals in gley soils causes a blue/grey coloring in the soil. What is the name given to this type of coloring?

• Coloration

• Iron pan

• Water table

• Mottling

Alluvial soils can be found close to....

• Rivers

• Valleys

• Hedges

• Roads

Are podzol soils acidic or alkaline?

• Acidic

• Alkaline

In what type of soil is an iron pan likely to occur?

• Lithosol

• Peat

• Podzol

• Rendzina

Name two way how an iron pan can be broken

• Subsoiler

• Ploughing

• Liming

• Fertilising