Question

Soil forming factors include climate, biological activity, topography, parent material, and time.Select Major Soil Orders and Average Annual Precipitation and select Split map window.Zoom to North America and Change Projection to Albers (North America). What is the dominant soil order in areas of North America with average annual precipitation ranging from 60 to 79 inches?

a. Mollisols
b. Entisols
c. Gelisols
d. Aridisols
e. Ultisols

Answer 1

e. Ultisols

Step-by-step explanation:

• Frosts that influence the soil formations are climate and topography and the biological activity and time. As the majority of the soil is formed by the orders and the average annual rainfall the north America has a dominant soil type of ult-sols with a precipitation ranging from 60 to 79 inches.

• The ultisols are known for there dry and red clay soils and have a weathering of materials in humid and temperate environments.

Answer 2

Ultisols is the dominant soil in areas of North America with average annual precipitation ranging from 60 to 79 inches.

Answer: Option E

Step-by-step explanation:

Ultisols is one of the twelve soil orders found in the United States. This soil order is mostly found in the area of North Carolina in which is in the northern part of America.

Ultisols basically occur in the areas of humid temperature or tropical regions. In this area of North Carollina, the average rainfall per year ranges from 55- 70 inches. The composition of ultisol in North Carolina is 82% of minerals, 2% of organic matter and 16% of pore space.