Vocabulary Lesson 3.3 Part 1 Soils AFNR

Question 1

To gather or collect...

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Accumulation

Question 2

Size term denoting particles regardless of mineral composition ; diameter less than 2 microns..

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Clay

Question 3

Process where earthy or rock material is worn away loosened or dissolved....

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Erosion

Question 4

Long term average weather conditions...

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Climate

Question 5

Unweathered hard rock that lies directly beneath the soil layers or beneath geological deposits

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Bedrock

Question 6

Phylum or division of the animal kingdom that includes insects with an external skeleton....

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Arthropod

Question 7

The addition of sediment as by flowing water...

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Deposition

Question 8

Accumulation of water worn pebbles larger than 2 milimeters in diameter....

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Gravel

Question 9

Single celled microorganisms ; some cause diseases others are beneficial.

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Bacteria

Question 10

Plantlike organisms that have no chlorophyll and get their nourishment for organic matter...

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Fungi

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