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Unit Three: Earth
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Carbon Cycle
Inorganics Soil Chemistry
Soil Erosion
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The burning of a hydrocarbonwith oxygen to produce
carbon dioxide and water
What is combustion?
A gaseous element atroom temperature witha triple bond betweentwo identical atoms.
What is nitrogen?
This substance is a componentof soil with extremely small
particle sizes leading to a tendency to hold water.
What is clay?
The down slope movementof material under theinfluence of gravity.
What is mass wasting?
A metric prefix that meansone billion.
What is a Giga?
Made from an insoluble mineraland essential for plant life
it is the “P” in N-P-K.
What is phosphorus?
The substance that exists below the C horizon. Soil
is made from this.
What is parent material?
Deep channels in the soil formed from rapidly
moving water.
What are gullies?
The three states of coal formation.
What are peat, bituminous and anthracite?
This yellow element maybe added to the soil to
lower its pH.
What is sulfur?
This soil texture is idealfor growing plants and
consists of nearly equal amountsof sand, silt and clay.
What is loam?
These stair-step like structureshelp prevent soil erosion.
What are terraces?
These long chains ofsugar molecules provide
energy to animals when they are ingested.
What are carbohydrates?
Urea, nitrates and ammonia
What are usable forms of nitrogen?
These soils are high in iron andshow evidence of much oxidation due to their
orange or yellow colors.
What are “rusty” soils?
A period in U.S. history acharacterized by severe drought,
dust storms and erosion of farm land.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This form of carbon ends up in sea shells and coral reefs.
What are carbonates?
These sixteen elementsare essential
for plant growth.
What are macro and micro nutrients?
The holes in soil that collapsewhen the soil is disturbed.
What is soil porosity?
Methods that preventsoil erosion.
What is soil conservation?
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