The science dealing with study of soil is called:

Related Mcqs:

1. Removal of top soil by soil erosion result in the loss of soil:

   A. Nitrites
   B. Nitrates
   C. Nitrogen
   D. Nitric and nitrous acids

2. The science of ecology has been defined as the study of the structure and function of nature by:

   A. Odum
   B. Misra
   C. Warming
   D. Maeckel

3. In water logged soil plants cannot grow properly because the soil is:

   A. Physiologically wet
   B. Physiologically dry
   C. Physically dry
   D. None of the above

4. When a plant first begins to wilts permanently in a pot, its 54.5 gms of soil has 4.5 gms of water. The PWP of this soil is:

   A. 4.50%
   B. 9%
   C. 8.25%
   D. 16.50%

5. The ration of volume of pores in the soil to the total soil volume is referred to as:

   A. Pore frequency ratio
   B. Pore density ration
   C. Pore abundance ratio
   D. Pore space ratio

6. When a soil has been thoroughly wetted and then allowed to drain until capillary movement of the water has stopped, the water content of the soil will give an estimate of it’s:

   A. Gravitational water
   B. Capillary water
   C. Field capacity
   D. Storage capacity

7. The study of interaction between living organisms and environment in a specific area is the study of:

   A. Photobiology
   B. Phytogeography
   C. Ecosystem
   D. Phytosociology

8. The zone of soil showing microbial activity around the roots of higher plants is called:

   A. Rhizosphere
   B. Rhizoplane
   C. Soil microflora
   D. All of these

9. Plants growing on externally cold soil are called:

   A. Halophyte
   B. Oxylophyte
   C. Psychrophyte
   D. Psammophyte

10. The permanent aggregates of soil are called:

    A. Blocks
    B. Clods
    C. Peds
    D. Plates