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SCSC 301 exams 1,2,3,4 Questions With Complete Solutions
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A soil with 25% _____ and 25% ______by volume is close to ideal 
-water; organic matter 
-Air; mineral matter 
-Air; water 
-Mineral matter; organic matter correct answer: Air; water 
 
Soil is a dynamic natural body having properties due to the combined effects of _______ and biota as modified by ________ acting on parent material over time. 
-climate; topography 
-Time; Weather 
-Topography; parent material 
-Biota; climate 
-Weather; topography correct answer: climate; topography 
 
A soil ...
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GEOG 1010 EXAM NOTES CARLETON UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS WITH PASSED ANSWERS GRADED A+
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1. Additions: precip, organic matter, nutrients 
2. Transformation: organic matter to humus. Primary (unaltered rock) to secondary minerals (chemically 
altered, original rock not apparent) by chemical change, dissolution and reprecipitation and biological 
change. 
3. Translocation: Eluviation, Illuviation. 
4. Losses: erosion: Leaching. - Soil formation process 
1. Cation exchange capacity (CEC): the ability of soil colloids to exchange cations between the surface 
and the soil solution. This ...
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BIOL 2460 EXAM 2 Questions and Answers
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TYPES OF POLYMICROBIAL COMMUNITIES 
Ans- COOPERATIVE (BIOFORM FORMATION) 
COMPETING- COMPETE FOR RESOURCES 
MICROBIOME 
Ans- PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES THAT ARE RESIDENT AND 
TRANSIENT. INCLUDES THEIR GENETIC MATERIAL THAT ARE 
ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN ORGANISM OR ENVIRONMENT. 
Population 
Ans- GROUP OF INDIVIUAL ORGANISMS BELONGING TO THE SAME 
BIOLOGICAL SPECIES IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. 
MUTUALISM 
Ans- BENEFIT --> BENEFIT, GUT NUTRIENT 
AMENSALISM 
Ans- HARMED --> UNAFFECTED EX. ANTI...
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AP BIO: Ecology Review Latest Version Graded A+
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AP BIO: Ecology Review Latest Version 
 
Graded A+ 
 
acid rain rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions 
(especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water 
 
age structure proportion of people in different age groups in a population 
 
algal blooms a vast increase in the concentration of diatoms and other photosynthetic 
protists. 
 
ammonification the formation of ammonia compounds in the soil by the action of bacteria on 
decaying matter...
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SCSC 301 Exam Questions And Answers With Complete Solutions
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Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? correct answer: C 
 
Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. correct answer: 5% 
 
Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ correct answer: Air 
Water 
 
Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ correct answer: Climate 
Topography 
 
Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not required...
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Microbiology UTA 2460 Chapter 4 Latest Update With Verified Solutions
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Microbiology UTA 2460 Chapter 4 Latest 
 
Update With Verified Solutions 
 
Prokaryotes Bacteria and Archaea 
 
ubiquitous present, appearing, or found everywhere 
 
Places prokaryotes are found: hot springs, ice caps, deep ocean, skin and mucosal surfaces 
 
TRUE OR FALSE: Prokaryotes are adaptable and resilient TRUE 
-they have the ability to switch metabolic or respiration methods 
 
list 3 things prokaryotes provide for our habitats -stability of ecosystems 
-carbon/nitrogen fixation 
-envir...
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CLORPT Soil Formation Test Questions | 50 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated 2023 | Guaranteed A+
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What are the major factors that control how soil forms? - - CLORPT 
- The parent material could have been bedrock that weathered in place or smaller materials 
carried by flooding rivers, moving glaciers, or blowing winds. Over time, sun, water, wind, ice, 
and living creatures help transform, or change, the parent material into soil. 
CLORPT - climate, organisms, relief (landscape), parent material, time 
What is soil? - - the thin outermost layer of Earth's crust 
Natural body comprised of so...
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MORTUARY SCIENCE EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED
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MICROBIOLOGY - Correct The scientific study of microorganisms (also called 
microbes and sometimes germs) and their effect on other living things. Individual 
microorganisms are too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope. 
MICROBIOLOGY- GENERAL - Correct The study and classification of microbes 
and how they function. 
MICROBIOLOGY-MEDICAL - Correct The study of pathogens, the diseases they 
cause and the body's defenses against them. 
MICROBIOLOGY-VETERINARY - Correct This is concern...
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Nursing 623 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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Nursing 623 Exam 1 Questions and 
 
Answers 100% Pass 
 
A common mode of transmission of scabies include: 
• Moist fomites 
• Soil 
 
• Person to person 
• Household pets Person to Person contact 
 
A NP understands that chronic synovitis with pannus formation is the basic pathophysiological 
diagnosis of 
• Rheumatoid arthritis 
• Osteoarthritis 
• Ankylosising spondylitis 
• SLE Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 
A nurse practitioner is teaching a client how to use permethrin 1% cream ri...
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ESS 424 Stormwater exam 2 exam questions fully solved & updated 2024
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- Absorb raindrop impact 
- Absorb flow impact energy 
- Slow runoff velocity 
- Reduce runoff amounts 
- Increase soils resistance to erosion 
5 ways of controlling hillslope detachment 
 
 
 
- Vegetation 
- Straw mulch 
- Other mulch Materials 
- Rolled erosion control practices 
- Hydro Apllications 
types of materials that absorb raindrop impact 
 
 
 
- Inhibits rill formation because it forces the flow to spread out. 
- Causes the flow to change direction which prevents rill formation by ...
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