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If a plant has a rooting depth of 30 cm, how many cm of water are available to it (i.e. what is TPAW)? Use your volumetric PAW (thetav_PAW) calculated from the problem above. Write the following in the blanks The formula you used Your calculations (numbers inserted into the formula) TPAW, in cm, rounded to 1 decimal place (numbers only, no units please) Blanks 1&2 will be used for partial credit only if blank 3 is wrong.

In aerobic respiration (C6H12O6 + O2 -> CO2 + H2O), C is oxidized and O2 is reduced

Why are wetlands so important? Include 2 or more ecosystem services in your answer.

In which type of reaction does a soluble compound surround and solubilize a metal cation?

Why does the charge of pH-dependent charge sites change with pH? How does this affect CEC? Explain in 2 or more sentences plus a hand-drawn diagram. You may draw on paper and take a photo or draw in your preferred app with a touchscreen and take a screenshot. Students with accommodations may use powerpoint (other apps need to be approved in advance). Use the “add file” or “insert image” buttons to upload diagrams. Screenshots of slides are not accepted.

Match the correct master horizon designations (e.g. A, E, etc.) in the blanks. Horizons may be used more than once or not at all. Horizons are not listed in order.

If the soil from the previous calculation has an EC of 1.5 dS/m, it is…. (you’ll need to do another calculation do determine this)

Soil at the _______ of a hill has the deepest (thickest) profile. (Write top, middle or bottom)

_______ parent materials are deposited by streams and well-sorted because Stoke’s Law states that as particle size increases, particles settle _______ (faster or slower?)

Soil quality is…