Soil Science Quiz 3
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Phosphorus (P) is the second major nutrient essential for plant growth. With the exception of Nitrogen (N) and Potassium (K), Phosphorus is required by plants in_________?
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Sustainable technologies to improve soil fertility and physical condition:
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The process of transformation of raw organic matter into humus:
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Electrical conductivity of saturated paste is written as________?
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Soil Organic Matter (SOM) serves not only as a reservoir of all the required plant nutrients, but it:
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Weathering of gabbros gives_________?
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The nutrient element silicon (Si) is:_________?
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International atomic weight of potassium is_________________?
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C:N ratio of microorganism:
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In Pakistan, approximately __________ mha of irrigated land is affected by salinization:
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Most out standing green manure crop is__________?
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Total salt affected soils of Pakistan are________?
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Humic acid is soluble in__________?
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Attraction between similar particles is called________?
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Rhyolite in nature is__________?
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Accumulation of soluble salts root zone is known as________?
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Tunnel erosion is the form of:__________?
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?Soil? word derive from which language?
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______________ consist of particles that are produced by disintegration of pre-existing rocks through the process of weathering:
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The soil quality is always deteriorated by:_________?
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_________refers to the increase in density of a soil as a result of applied load or pressure?
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The earth core is made of the following metals __________?
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Micas have isomorphous substitution:____________?
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Specific heat is higher in:
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Soil additive which stabilizes the soil, improves resistance to erosion, increases to permeability to air & water, improves texture, eases cultivation or otherwise improves soil quality:
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Which of the following soil has the highest water holding capacity_________?
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The lands which are rich in soluble salts and exchangeable sodium:
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The formula used for calculating RSC is _________?
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Biochemical reduction of nitrate to nitrite or gaseous nitrogen is called ____________?
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The removal of excess water from the ground surface is called:________?
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When two or more functional groups of single ligand are coordinated to metal cation the complex is termed as___________________?
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The immobilization and accumulation of the eluviated constituents at some depth beneath the soil surface:________?
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Depending on the percentage of sand, silt, clay, soils are divided into _______ textural classes:
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Rocks having coarse bubble holes are called___________?
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_______________ of alluvium (stratified sediment) by earth-worms is the most important soil-forming process in the alluvial plain of Pakistan:
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1 bar is equal to_________?
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TSP contains________?
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Most abundant organic compound in nature?
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Which chemical used to prevent evaporation from surface of water in water bodies?
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Biological Weathering involves:
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The chemical formula of Hematite is_________?
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The indicator used for the the estimation of the organic matter or organic carbon is;_________?
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According to the Soil survey of Pakistan, the total waterlogged summer-rain area in the country is:_________?
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The soils most prone to structural crusts are those which are higher in_________?
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Thick concordant bodies which force the overlying sediments to form dome-shaped hills are called_________?
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Journal ?Plant and Soil? is published from__________?
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Examples of macrobiota are__________?
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International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) is located:
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Plutonic rocks are also called________?
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Gravimetric water is present in__________________?
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