FORESTRY
SOIL SCIENCE
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Question
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____ is the medium sized particle in the subsoil that is smooth and powdery.
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clay
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silt
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sand
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Silt is a mid-size soil particle. It has good water-holding ability and good fertility character-istics. Silt feels like flour when dry and smooth like velvet when moist.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clay is a type of extremely fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals. These particles are the finest of all soil particles and are usually smaller than 0.002 mm. Clay consists of microscopic and sub-microscopic particles that come from the chemical decomposition of rocks.
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