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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.
11


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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