i). What are the categories of the soil Taxonomy? List all in their correct order. ii) By referring to the soil texturetexture triangle. What type of soil would you get if you have 5% of clay, 5% of silt and 82% of sand?
QUESTION 2
i). What are the categories of the soil Taxonomy? List all in their correct order.
ii) By referring to the soil texturetexture triangle. What type of soil would you get if you have 5% of clay, 5% of silt and 82% of sand?
i) Answer
Soil is a naturally occurring, loose, poorly cemented and unconsolidated organic or inorganic particles, laying on the surface of the bed rock, formed by weathering of rocks. Soil consists of different particles like sand, silt, loam, clay gravel, organic matter and humus.
Soil Taxonomy: Taxonomy can be defined as the scientific process of classification like plants, animals etc, based on their particular properties. Like plants and animals, the soils are also classified into different types based on the soil properties. The study based on the soil classification is called as soil taxonomy.
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