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Match the numbered soil types in the figure above with their names on the right.
1


Soil type #1:

2


Soil type #2:

3


Soil type #3:

4


Soil type #4:

5


Soil type #5:

6


Soil type #6:

7


Soil type #7:

8


Soil type #8:

9


Soil type #9:

10


Soil type #10:

A)Alfisol
B)Entisol
C)Ultisol
D)Andisol
E)Vertisol
F)Histosol
G)Mollisol
H)Spodosol
I)Aridisol
J)Inceptisol

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Match the descriptions of numbered soil horizons on the figure above to their designation on the right.
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Organic matter.

12


Organic matter mixed with mineral matter.

13


Leaching by downward-percolating water.

14


Accumulation of clay minerals, iron oxides, and calcite.

15


Fragments mechanically weathered from the soil parent material.

16


Parent material.

A)Bedrock
B)O-horizon
C)A-horizon
D)E-horizon
E)B-horizon
F)C-horizon







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