<p> Chapter 4: Soil Types</p><p>Name: Date:</p><p>1) Name the three phases in the study of soil types.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>2) Describe the factors, which affect soil formation.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>3) How does climate affect soil formation?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>4) How is soil formation affected by parent material?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______5) How does the climate influence parent material weathering and soil </p><p> development?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>6) How is the world divided into climatic regions?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>7) “Regional variation in rainfall and evaporation are reflected in soil type </p><p> variation” Discuss.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______8) What is meant by the term topography?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>9) What effect do living organisms have on soil formation?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>10) How does “run off” differ from water percolating through soil?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>11) Define a soil profile.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______12) Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>13) Differentiate between calcification and acid leaching.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>14) What is gleisation?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>15) How are soils classified?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______16) Name 4 different soil classifications.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>17) Compare using a labelled diagram two different soil types.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______18) Differentiate using a diagram between basin and blanket peats.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>19) How are soils surveyed and mapped? </p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______20) Describe how you would examine the colour and texture of a soil sample?</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>21) Outline how you would examine an excavated soil profile.</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p>