Use the soil texture triangle to name the following by its correct texture class (named on Figure 28.2):





a) 17% sand, 28% silt, 55% clay:

b) 31% sand, 55% silt, 14% clay:


a) clay
b) silt loam

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The high altitudes of the Himalaya Mountains indicate that the crust-mantle boundary is

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a) transform b) divergent c) convergent d) all plate boundaries

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The sec-butyl group is obtained by doing which of the following?

A) removing a hydrogen atom from C-1 of butane B) removing a hydrogen atom from C-2 of butane C) removing a hydrogen atom from C-1 of 2-methylpropane D) removing a hydrogen atom from C-2 of 2-methylpropane

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