Question

1. What is the most significant factor that controls the development of soil?
A. Topography
B. Parent material
C. Time
D. Climate
A?

2. The water table is the
A. zone of aeration.
B. aquifer.
C. lower boundary of the zone of saturation.
D. upper boundary of the zone of saturation
A?

3. Which of the following climates is most suited for physical weathering?
A. Hot
B. Dry
C. Cool
D. Warm
B?

4. The most easily polluted groundwater reservoirs are
A. water-table aquifers.
B. salt reservoirs.
C. sewage plant reservoirs.
D. artesian wells
C?

Answer 1

There are 5 major factors to soil development.

The first is it's parent material, the rest are: climate, living organisms, topography and time.

Answer 2

Please only post one question per thread. Welcome to Openstudy! :~)

Answer 3

thank you and i will post one at a time :)