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Monolith and Soil Samples

Soils, Geology, Land Use

Soil Profile and Texture

Soil Ecology

Soil Water

Soils in the Landscape

Soil Chemistry

Soil Sampling and Fertilizer Use

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monolith and Soil Samples

Monolith and Observations lab

1. c.

2. d.

3. e.

4. d.

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Texture

Texture and Particle size lab

1. b.

2. b.

3. b.

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Soils, Geology, Land Use

Soils and Geology lab

1. b.

2. b. (note: according to what we have told you in lab, neither alluvium nor shale qualify as parent material using our definition. Alluvium is the method of transport that is used along with the material to describe parent material, and shale is a rock, not a parent material. Of the choices left that are parent material, glacial till is the one not found in the Nittany Valley area.)

3. c.

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Soil Chemistry

Soil Chemistry lab

1. a.

2. a.

3. d.

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Soil sampling and fertilizer use

Sampling and fertilizer lab

1. a.

2. a.

3. e.

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Soil Water



1. b

2. b

3. a

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Soil Ecology



1. a

2. c

3. c

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Soils in the Landscape



1. d

2. c

3. d

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Soil Profile and texture

Field Description of soil profiles and soil texture lab

1. e.

2. a.

3. a.

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