The climate affects the type of soil that is created. Which of the following biomes would result in rapid weathering, leaching of nutrients, decomposition of organic detritus due to a lot of rain and warm temperatures.

How does compacting soil from anthropogenic means impede water drainage?

Which of the following has the greatest permeability?

Why might very old soil be nutrient poor in the picture above?

What horizon is decomposed organic material and is most pronounced in forests

Which of the following is NOT a soil service?

Which type of boundary is described with: Plates push towards each other, Creates subduction, Creates volcanoes, Causes earthquakes

What type of boundary causes the following: Plates here push away from each other, May have ridges or volcanoes, May cause sea floor spreading May also cause earthquakes less frequently

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

The rate at which water flows through the soil is called soil percolation or ______.

What are the proportions of sand, silt, and clay for the soil at point X ?

molten rock (magma) in the mantle as it heats up, rises, cools down and sinks

At which of the following sites would activity result in volcanoes, island arcs, and mountains?

Soil, vegetation, & rocks that are removed to get to an ore deposit below

Acid mine drainage results from the release of what element from the mineral pyrite?

Restoring land to its original state after mining has finished is called __.

Commercially valuable deposits of concentrated minerals

Which of the following is the most destructive and most difficult to reclaim?