SOIL PROFILE WORKSHEET 2

Refer to the Pinelands Soils Worksheet 1 to complete the following question.

1. What is the color of each horizon?

A. ____________________________________________

B. ____________________________________________

C. ____________________________________________

2. What do you think are the reasons for these colors?

A. ____________________________________________

B. ____________________________________________

C. ____________________________________________

3. How does the color change as you move from horizon to horizon?

4. What does the color change indicate?

5. What is the texture of each horizon?

6. Does this horizon remain the same or change as you change from horizon to horizon? If so, how?

7. What do you think the change in texture indicates?

8. Is the A horizon influenced by organic material? If so, how?

9. Does water cause any change or influence color or texture of the soil? If so, how?