A Package of Test Questions. Variant 30.
TEST TASK IN SOIL SCINCE
(Yu. S. Kravchenko L. R. Petrenko)
National Agricultural University
Department of Soil Science & Soil Conservation
Faculty of Ecology and Biotechnology
Speciality: 6. 070800 “Ecology and Environmental Conservation”
Form of tuition: Daytime Students
Semester: 3, Second Year of Study
Discipline: Soil science
Lecturer: PhD, Associate Professor Y. S. Kravchenko
Instructor: PhD, Associate Professor L. R. Petrenko
Approved by the Department Head:
______________________Professor A. D. Balayev
“___”_____________________2007
A Package of Test Questions. Variant 30.
| Question 1. Which are most widespread primary minerals of soils?
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| Question 6. Which soil characteristics are needed to compute the total porosity of the soil?
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| Quarts, feldspars, hornblende, and micas
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| Physical clay content
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| Calcite, dolomite, hematite, and gypsum
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| Penetrometer resistance
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| Olivine, illite, and smectite
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| SOM content
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| Halite, sylvite, and kaolinite
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| Balk density and particle density of the soil
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| Question 2. The hardness of gypsum by the Mohs’ scale is:
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| Question 7. Available water is within the range of:
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| PWP & FC
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| Capillary capacity & FC
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| Adhesive water content & PWP
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| Absolutely soil and adhesive water content
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| Question 3. Which of the following minerals are primary?
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| Question 8. Acid soil’s requirement of liming is determined by:
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| sulfur, magnetite, illite
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| the CEC
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| quartz, orthoclase and illite
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| the acidity of soil solution
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| gypsum, halite and hematite
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| pH KCl and PBS
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| saltpeter, limestone and kaolinite
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| the active acidity of the soil
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| Question 4. SOM losses in the Steppe zone of Ukraine are about (mt/ha, yr):
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| Question 9. Percentage Base Saturation (PBS) is not determined in:
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| 0. 4
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| acid soils
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| 0. 8
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| soils saturated with bases
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| 0. 6
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| podzolized soil
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| 0. 1
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| soddy-podzolic soils
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| Question 5. Sandy soil’s resistance to tillage(kg/cm2) is in the range of:
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| Question 10. Total porosity of the soils is determined by:
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| 0, 50
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| the SOM content
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| 0. 20
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| TDS content
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| 0. 40
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| the bulk and solid phase density of the soil
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| 0. 80
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| soil depth
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| Question 11. Hydrolitic acidity is not determined in:
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| Question 18. Which of the fallowing are the most widespread parent materials in the Forest zone?
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| acid soils
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| Loess
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| calcareous soils
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| Limestones
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| podzolized chernozems
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| Moraine
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| soils unsaturated with bases
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| Glacio - fluvial deposits
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| Question 12. Acid soil requirement in liming is determined by:
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| Question 19. The Soil’s need in liming is determined by:
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| The CEC
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| CEC
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| The acidity of soil solution
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| PHKCl & PBS
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| pH KCl and BSP
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| The balk density of the soil
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| pH H2O
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| The particle density of the soil
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| Question 13. As a result of soil erosion, Ukrainian plowland annually loses:
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| Question 20. Agronomically important soil aggregates include the following size group(mm):
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| 100 mt/ha of soil
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| Over 10
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| 10 -//-
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| Over 20
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| 15 -//-
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| From 10 to 0. 25
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| 5 -//-
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| From 10 to 20
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| Question 14. Salt – affected soils in Ukraine occupy an area of:
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| Question 21. Type of grey forest soils is typical for:
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| Over 5 mln ha
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| The Polissya zone
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| Over 15 -//-
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| The Steppe zone
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| Below 3 -//-
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| The Arid Steppe zone
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| Below 2 -//-
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| The Forest – Steppe zone
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| Question 15. The most soil exposure for erosion is produced by:
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| Question 22. What kind of soil acidity is determined using 1N KCl?
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| Perennial grasses
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| Active
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| Annual grasses
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| Actual
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| Small grain crops
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| Exchangeable
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| Summer fallow
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| Total
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| Question 16. In soils, unsaturated with exchangeable bases:
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| Question 23. Soil extract analysis allows to determine:
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| pH KCl < pH H2O
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| Active soil alkalinity
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| pH KCl = pH H2O
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| Total soil acidity
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| pH KCl > pH H2O
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| Total soil alkalinity
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| pH KCl = 0. 5 pH H2O
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| Soil buffering capacity
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| Question 17. Which are the main producers in soil ecology?
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| Question 24. The number of soil textural groups in Kachinsky’s classification is:
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| Bacteria
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| Minerals in the soil
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| Fungi
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| Green plants
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| Question 25. Name the salt - resistant plants on saline soils:
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| Hydrophytes
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| Halophytes
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| Vegetable crops
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| Straw berries
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| Question 26. Cation exchange capacity of organic soil colloids:
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| Decreases with increasing pH
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| Increases with increasing pH
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| Is not pH –dependent
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| May increase or decrease depending on SOM + type.
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| Question 27. Which of the following practices maybe nuked by saline soils?
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| Deep plowing
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| Subsoiling
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| Application of gypsum
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| Leaching
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| Question 28. Salt-affected soils in Ukraine are encountered on the area of:
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| Over 20 mln ha;
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| Over 10 -//-
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| Over 5 -//-
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| 3 -//-
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| Question 29. Which of the following soils belong to the class of azonal ones?
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| Podzolic soils
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| Ordinary chernozems
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| Sodic soils
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| Chestnut soils
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| Question 30. The type of grey forest soils is typical for:
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| the Forest zone
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| the Chernozemic Steppe zone (sub zone)
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| the Arid Steppe zone
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| the Forest-Steppe zone
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