Soils EcoStation Test

 

There are several years available:

 

2011

Answers for 2011 are combined between all five topics due to the outdoor event being cancelled due to weather and flooding. The test was taken back at school in the classroom

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2010 Answer Key

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. E
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. B
25. C

2009 Answer Key

1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. A
21. B
22. C
23. D
24. C
25. C

2008 Answer Key

1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. C
21. A
22. D
23. B
24. D
25. C

2007 Answer Key

1. A
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. B
25. D

 

2006 Answer Key

1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. c
8. d
9. b
10. a
11. c
12. b
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. c
17. c
18. a
19. b
20. b
21. d
22. c
23. d
24. b
25. c

 

2005 Answer Key

1. d 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. b 11. b 12. b 13. a 14. c 15. b 16. a 17. d 18. b 19. c 20. b 21. c 22. c 23. b 24. d 25. c

2004 Area IV Envirothon Answer Key

Reference information containing the answers  (page numbers indicated are from the Soil Survey of Miami County)

1.             d          NRCS website:  “Soil Quality—Urban Tech. Note No. 1”, “on-site impacts”. 2.             c          NRCS website:  “Soil Quality—Urban Tech. Note No. 1, “conlusion” 3.             b          “Series descriptions” p. 51 4.             d          Glossary of Soil Quality terms, NRCS website 5.             b          Table 1, pp. 13-15; Series descriptions,  pp. 56, 60, 70, and 76, and Table 6, pp. 40-46 6.             d          Glossary, “Structure, soil”, p. 100 7.             d          Glossary, “Horizon, soil” p. 99 8.             d          Site observation; “soil series” description, p. 60 9.             a          Site observation; “parent material”, p. 60; Glossary p. 99 10.         e          Site observation; “soil series” description, p. 60; Glossary p. 100 (terrace-geol.) 11.         e          Site observation; “horizon, soil”, p. 61; Glossary p. 100 12.         e          Site observation; Eldean series, p. 60-61 13.         b          Site observation; Eldean series, p. 60-61 14.         b          Soil  Survey, Table 2, pp. 18-19 15.         e          Site Observation, Eldean series 60-61 16.         d          Table 2, pp. 20-21; Montgomery series/map unit description pp. 76-77 17.         b          Table 4, p. 24-26, (Depth to water table) 18.         b          Uses of the Soil for Woodland, p. 16, “well drained” and  “very poorly drained” 19.         e          Uses of the Soil for Woodland, p. 16 20.         a          21.         b 22.         d          23.         b 24.         a 25.         c          Table 2, pp. 20-21