NCSU SSC 200 OLD EXAM 1 Qs, Top Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate.

NCSU SSC 200 OLD EXAM 1 Qs, Top Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. "Topsoil" is generally equivalent to which soil horizon? a. A b. B c. C d. R - -a. Sapric and fibric are terms used to describe mineral parent materials. a. True b. False - -b. False, Sapric and Fibric describe an organic parent material known as peat. A soil developed in transported parent materials will likely have properties related to the properties of the rock below the C horizon. a. True b. False - -b. FALSE, the rock below the C horizon is bedrock (R horizon). Only Residual parent material has properties related to the R horizon. You would be most apt to look in _____ if you wanted to find a soil where physical weathering dominated over chemical weathering. a. a desert region of Arizona b. the foothills of the Georgia mountains c. a coastal plain area of North Carolina d. a humid region in Brazil - -a. Which of the following term/horizon combinations describes the zone of maximum clay accumulation in soils of humid regions? a. Eluvial, B horizon b. Eluvial, E horizon c. Illuvial, B horizon d. Illuvial, E horizon - -c. The end result of intensive weathering is the accumulation of _____. a. Silicates b. Carbonates c. Procrastinates d. Iron and aluminum oxides - -d. Granite is an example of a(n) _____. a. primary mineral b. sedimentary rock c. secondary mineral d. igneous rock - -d. Soils in which order would be dominated by minerals that are the most resistant to weathering breakdown? a. Aridisol b. Histosol c. Oxisol d. Spodosol - -c. Till and outwash are both examples of parent materials readily found in North Carolina a. True