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HOW SOIL IS FORMED (1) Soil formation is a dynamic process that takes place in different environments. It is strongly influe
HOW SOIL IS FORMED (1) Soil formation is a dynamic process that takes place in different environments. It is strongly influe
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2022-09-29
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HOW SOIL IS FORMED
(1) Soil formation is a dynamic process that takes place in different environments. It is strongly influenced by the parent material, climate (largely vegetation and temperature and water exchanges), topography (the elevations, depressions, directions and angles of slopes, and other surface features of the landscape), and time.
(2) The parent material is the unconsolidated mass on which soil formation takes place. This material may or may not be derived from the on-site geological substrate or bedrock on which it rests. Parent materials can be transported by wind, water, glaciers, and gravity and deposited on top of bedrock. Because of the diversity of materials involved, soils derived from transported parent materials are commonly more fertile than soils from parent materials derived in place.
Whatever the parent material, whether derived in place from bedrock or from transported materials, it ultimately comes from geological materials, such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and the composition of the rocks largely determines the chemical composition of the soil
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(3) Climate is most influential in determining the nature and intensity of weathering and the type of vegetation that further affects soil formation. The soil material experiences daily and seasonal variations in heating and cooling. Open surfaces exposed to thermal radiation undergo the greatest daily
fluctuations
in heating and cooling, soils covered with vegetation the least. Hill slopes facing the sun absorb more heat than those facing away from the sun. Radiant energy has a pronounced effect on the moisture regime, especially the evaporative process and dryness. Temperature can stimulate or inhibit biogeochemical reactions in soil material.
(4) Water is involved in all biogeochemical reactions in the soil because it is the carrier of the acids that influence the weathering process. Water enters the soil material as a liquid and leaves it as a liquid by percolation (the slow movement of water through the soil’s pores) and as a gas through evaporation. The water regime—the water flow over a given time—in soil material is sporadic, and in many parts of the Earth is highly seasonal. Water that enters the soil during heavy rainfall and snow melt moves down through the soil. As it moves, it leaves behind suspended material and may carry away mineral matter in solution, a process called leaching. On sloping land, water distributes materials laterally (sideways) through the soil.
(5) Topography is a major factor in soil development. [A] More water runs off and less enters the soil on steep slopes than on relatively level land. [B] Water draining from slopes enters the soil on low and flat land. [C] Thus soils and soil material tend to be dry on slopes and moist and wet on the low land. [D] Steep slopes are subject to surface erosion and soil creep—the down slope movement of soil material, which accumulates on lower slopes and lowlands.
(6) Vegetation, animals, bacteria, and fungi all contribute to the formation of soil. Vegetation, in particular, is responsible for organic material in the soil and influences its nutrient content. For example, forests store most of their organic matter on the surface, whereas in grasslands most of the organic matter added to the soil comes from the deep fibrous root systems. Organic acids produced by vegetation accelerate the weathering process.
(7) The weathering of rock material and the accumulation, decomposition, and mineralization of organic material require considerable time. Well-developed soils in equilibrium with weathering, erosion, and biotic influences may require 2,000 to 20,000 years for their formation, but soil differentiation from parent material may take place in as short a time as 30 years. Certain acid soils in humid regions develop in 2,000 years because the leaching process is speeded by acidic materials. Parent materials heavy in texture require a much longer time to develop into soils because of an impeded downward flow of water. Soils develop more slowly in dry regions than in humid ones. Soils on steep slopes often remain poorly developed regardless of geological age because rapid erosion removes soil nearly as fast as it is formed. Floodplain soils age little through time because of the continuous accumulation of new materials. Such soils are not deeply weathered and are more fertile than geologically old soils because they have not been exposed to the leaching process as long. The latter soils tend to be infertile because of long-time leaching of nutrients without replacement from fresh material.
Look at the four squares [ ■ ] that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage.
Its role is demonstrated by the contrast between what happens on steep slopes and what happens on the lower-lying land at the bottom of those slopes.
Where would the sentence best fit?
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答案
A
解析
本题属于句子插入题,需要插入的句子意为“在陡坡上发生的情况与在低洼地带发生的情况之间的对比证实了它的作用”。首先要理清“它的作用”(Its role)指的是谁的作用。第5段第1句先表明“地形是土壤形成的重要因素”,接着,第2句对比了渗入陡坡和洼地这两种地形的土壤的水量多少,故Its role是指地形对土壤形成所起的作用。插入句提到了地形的作用可通过水在陡坡和洼地的不同情况得到证实,这可作为过渡句,自然地引出第5段第2句,故将句子插入到A处最适合。B处的前后两句共同说明从陡坡流下的水进入洼地,行文逻辑连贯,故不选B处。C处后一句中的Thus说明该句说的是前一句的结果,即C处前后两句的表述存在因果关系,不应插入句子。D处后一句讲的是斜坡易受表面侵蚀和土壤蠕变的影响,与插入句没有逻辑关联,故D处也不宜插入句子。
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