A student was asked the following question: What are the environmental factors that determine the
development of soils, and which are the most important regarding the rate of development? As an
answer, the student wrote the following, "The environmental factors that determine the development of
soils are climate, parent material, relief of the land, and time. Climate and parent material are the most
important factors for the rate of soil development." How would you judge this student's answer?
a. EXCELLENT (The response answers both parts of the question, and all statements are
complete and correct.)
b. VERY GOOD (The response answers both parts of the question, all statements are correct,
but one part is not answered completely.)
c. GOOD (The response only answers one part of the question, all statements are correct, but
the other part of the question is not answered.)
d. MEDIOCRE (One part of the question is answered completely and correctly, but the other
part is answered incorrectly.)
e. UNACCEPTABLE (The response does not correctly answer either part of the question.)
B
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