Soils EcoStation Test

Area IV Envirothon

 

There are five years available:

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

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