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Welcome to an exciting game of Soil Taxonomy Jeopardy! I’m your host, Alex Trebek.

Welcome to an exciting game of Soil Taxonomy Jeopardy! I’m your host, Alex Trebek. Rules. Choose a category and a point level. Look at the clue. Answer before the music stops. Answer in the form of a question. Example:. “This order forms in volcanic ash”. Answer.

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Welcome to an exciting game of Soil Taxonomy Jeopardy! I’m your host, Alex Trebek.

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  1. Welcome to an exciting game of Soil Taxonomy Jeopardy! I’m your host, Alex Trebek.

  2. Rules • Choose a category and a point level. • Look at the clue. • Answer before the music stops. • Answer in the form of a question.

  3. Example:

  4. “This order forms in volcanic ash”. Answer

  5. “What is an Andisol?”

  6. GRASSLAND SOIL this epipedon Answer

  7. “What is MOLLIC ?”

  8. “This diagnostic horizon is similar to mollic but it has less than 50% base saturation”. Answer

  9. “What is UMBRIC ?”

  10. “This epipedon forms in VOLCANIC ASH and is very high in organic matter and is very black”. Answer

  11. “What is MELANIC ?”

  12. White, leached, coarse diagnostic horizon Answer

  13. “What is ALBIC ?”

  14. “This diagnostic horizon has accumulated silicate clays, usually as clay skins”. Answer

  15. “What is ARGILLIC ?”

  16. “This order forms in forests and has an argillic horizon”. Answer

  17. “What is an Alfisol ? “

  18. “This order forms in permafrost regions” Answer

  19. “What is a Gelisol?”

  20. “This order has organic parent material”. Answer

  21. “What is a Histosol ? “

  22. “This suborder prefix refers to soils in HUMID climates ”. Answer

  23. “What is an Ud- ? “

  24. “This suborder prefix refers to soils in regions with a Mediterranean climate (dry summers/wet winters).” Answer

  25. “What is an Xer- ? “

  26. “This diagnostic horizon has accumulated carbonates and is also called a Bk horizon.” Answer

  27. “What is a calcic horizon ? “

  28. This diagnostic horizon is stained with organic material and iron oxides from the above layer. Answer

  29. “What is a Spodic horizon ? “

  30. “This is the most ultimately weathered soil order that forms in the contiguous United States.” Answer

  31. “What is an Ultisol ? “

  32. “This order is the most thoroughly leached, eluviated and weathered of all soil orders and is found in the tropics.” Answer

  33. “What is an Oxisol ? “

  34. This soil order is represented by this diagram. Answer

  35. “What is aSpodosol ? “

  36. This material forms in tropical soils and can be hardened into bricks. Answer

  37. “What is plinthite / laterite ? “

  38. “This soil order cracks deeply when it is dry and forms in shrink-swell clays.” Answer

  39. “What is aVertisol ? “

  40. “This soil order has a pale profile and usually has a layer of salt or carbonate Accumulation.” Answer

  41. “What is an Aridisol ? “

  42. “This ” This is a typical environment in which you might find this soil order. Answer

  43. “What is an Entisol ? “

  44. The map shows the distribution of this soil order. Answer

  45. “What is an Ultisol ? “

  46. These shiny ped surfaces form in soils with shrink- swell clays. Answer

  47. “What are slickensides ? “

  48. “This soil order is mapped here”. Answer

  49. “What is a Mollisol ? “

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