A wide range of soil classification schemes has been developed by various nations primarily interested in the agricultural aspects of their native soils. Again, you should not spend much more than two hours reviewing this information.
"Teacher's Domain" is a free resource, but you must register with them in order to view more than seven resources. Since we'll point to that resource throughout this course, you may want to take a moment to go ahead and register with them now.
L2_soilorders_AccessAccountID_LastName.doc (or .pdf).
For example, student Elvis Aaron Presley's file would be named "L2_soilorders_eap1_presley.doc"—this naming convention is important, as it will help me make sure I match each submission up with the right student!
You will be graded on the quality of your writing. You should not simply write responses to the questions and submit them to me. Instead plan on writing a short stand-alone paragraph (or page or whatever you decide is necessary considering any constraints I might have placed on you) so that anyone can read what you've written and understood it. You should strive to be specific and complete in responding to the questions. Your answers should be analytic, thoughtful and insightful, and should provide an insightful connection between ideas. The writing should be tight and crisp with varied sentence structure and a serious, professional tone.
(Optional) Visit the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA Website [4]).
Links
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_classification
[2] https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/edu/?cid=nrcs142p2_053588
[3] https://nhptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.soils/soils-around-the-world/#.WZOv64qQzBI
[4] http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm
[5] http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=1274