Study Guide
(last updated 11/30/2020 1:52 AM)
Quizzes are typically ten questions, including short answer, calculations, and short essay. These quizzes will be
used to assess class preparedness and comprehension. A third to a half of all quiz questions come from the study
guide. Questions and terms on the study guide may not necessarily be covered in class; it is your responsibility to
know these questions and terms.
Date Lecture and Laboratory Topics Terms and Study Questions that Accompany Chapter
Readings
8/24M What is Soil Notes?
Von Helmont Problem
A Place Called Earth PowerPoint Presentation
Chap. 1 + 2
Chap. 1: What is the typical thickness of soil?
How does soil have an impact on the radiative
properties of the atmosphere?
List three ways soil is being degraded.
The optimal soil has what type of pore spaces?
Chap 2: What is the major environmental consequence
of plowing?
What is desertification?
According to Soil, Sustainability, and Society, list five
types of soil degradation.
8/26W Q1, -Soil Physical Properties notes
-New Orleans Flooding Slide Show
-Field Trip Concept Sketch
1. What are the 3 soil phases?
2. In addition to porosity and permeability,
texture is also likely to have an effect on other
properties like. (4)
3. What is the typical shape of colloidal clay?
4. Per gram, clay has a surface area of?
5. What acts as the soil “skeleton?” What acts as
its flesh?
6. According to Stokes Law, how would the
viscosity of the liquid and particle radius
impact settling velocity?
7. How does the textbook’s definition of humus
differ form that defined in class notes from the
first day of class?
8. List the variation in % of OM in soils.
9. What are the four major shapes of soil
aggregates? How do these shapes differ from
single grained and massive classifications?
10. What 3 effects do roots have on soil
