Field EcoStation Test

2004 Area IV Envirothon

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