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What is soil a mixture of? | Inorganic matter and minerals and humus |
What is soil a result of? | Weathering and disintegration of rocks |
How is silica present in the sand? | In the form of small crystalline grains |
How is silica derived? | Disintegration of rocks |
What is a mixture of silicates and minerals such as iron,calcium,sodium,potassium and aluminium? | Clay |
What is chalk? | Calcium carbonate |
What components of soil determine the fertility of soil? | Organic components |
Is humus a mineral? | Nooooooooooooooooooo baybeh |
What is humus formed by? | Decomposition of plant remains, animal waste and dead animals |
What is the prime factor of soil erosion? | Running water |
How does soil erosion help in soil formation? | As the soil removed is deposited elsewhere |
What does soil erosion do? | Disturb the agricultural pattern |
In case of which rainfall does splash erosion occur? | Convectional rainfall |
Due to heavy rains, a surface film of water carries away even surface layer of the topsoil as it moves? | Sheet erosion |
Another name for Rill erosion? | Gully erosion |
In which kind of erosion does cut steep sided valleys as it runs off? | Gully/Rill erosion |
Chambal ravines is an example of what? | Gully erosion |
Soil erosion by wind occurs on which kind of lands? | Extensive flat lands |
How does the upper soil become loose and susceptible to wind erosion? | By lack of moisture |
How does soil erosion by overgrazing occur? | When wind erosion occurs as soil devoid of vegetation is directly exposed to wind |
Where is shifting agriculture common? | North east India |
How can constructing dams and barrages help in soil conservation? | Construction would check the speed of water and save soil from erosion |
Give an effective measure of ploughing | Contour method of ploughing |
Give an effective measure against Rill erosion? | Terrace farming |
How does terrace farming keep a check on soil erosion? | Controls the direct flow of water down the slope |
How would planting cover crops check soil erosion? | Plant roots hold the soil together |
How can the velocity of wind to prevent wind erosion can be checked? | BY planting belts of trees, shrubs etc |
How have soils of peninsular India been formed? | Disintegration of rocks in situ |
What does "disintegration of rocks in situ" mean? | Formed directly from the underlying parent rock |
Other name for the soils of peninsular India? | Sedentary soils |
What are northern plains also known as? | Extra peninsular India |
What part of India's soil is formed by transported or residual alluvium? | Northern plains (ex situ soils) |
What are alluvial soils? | Transported/ex situ soils |
In which section are the alluvial soils coarsest? | Upper section |
In which section are alluvial soils finest in? | Delta region |
Which soil supports the maximum share of agricultural products and the bulk of Indian products? | Alluvial Soils |
Another name for alluvial soils? | Riverine soils |
Which type of soil is made up of newer alluvium? | Young khadar soil |
Which type of soil is made up of older alluvium? | Old bhangar soil |
What kind of soil contains fine sand and silt? | Young khadar soil |
Which kind of soil contains kankars and pebbles? | Old bhangar soil |
What colour is young khadar soil? | Pale brown |
What colour is old bhangar soil? | Vary from light grey to ash grey |
Where are young khadar soils found? | Lower levels near the rivers |
Where are old bhangar soils found? | 30m above flood levels of rivers |
Which type of soil is more fertile...young khadar or old bhangar? | Young khadar soil |
What crops are alluvial soils suitable for? | Wheat,sugarcane,rice,cotton and oilseeds |
What colour are alluvial soils of South India? | Darker in colour |
Why are alluvial soils of south india darker in colour? | As rivers of deccan plateau flowing through black soil region carry the same to the delta |
Ae alluvial soils of Southern India sandy? | No , they are clayey. |
Another name for alluvial soils of southern India? | Deltaic alluvium |
Another name for black soils? | Regur/ Black cotton soils |
Why is black soil also called black cotton soil? | As cotton is the most grown crop in these soils |
Are black soils in situ or ex situ? | In situ (residual soils) |
How have black soils been formed? | By weathering of basic lava of the deccan trap |
Do black soil retain moisture? | Yes and they also become sticky (ew) |
Which soil is self ploughing? | Black soil |
How can the black colour be observed? | From black crystalline schists and basic gneisses |
What are black soils deficient in? | Phosphates, nitrogen and humus/organic matter |
Black soil is vastly confined to which area? | Deccan plateau |
How are red soils formed? | By weathering of ancient crystalline and metamorphic rocks |
What are the parent rocks of red soil? | Acid granites and gneiss |
Where does the red soil get it's colour from? | Iron oxide content |
What is the nature of red soils? | Porous and friable |
What do red soils lack in? | Lime , magnesia, phosphate , nitrogen and humus |
What does laterite mean? | "brick" |
How are laterite soils formed? | By heavy rainfall and high temperature with alternate wet and dry periods |
When does the formation of laterite soil take place? | During monsoon |
How are laterite soils red in colour? | Due to presence of Iron oxide |