Which Soil Characteristics Are the Most Desirable for Agriculture

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which soil characteristics are the most desirable for agriculture?

• A) high cation exchange capacity and a large E horizon
• B) low cation exchange capacity and a large E horizon
• C) high cation exchange capacity and a small E horizon
• D) average cation exchange capacity and a small E horizon

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Definitions:

Unneeded Genes

Genes that are not required by an organism for survival or reproduction, often becoming deactivated or lost over evolutionary time.

Regulation Development

The process through which biological systems grow and change, governed by genetic and environmental factors.

Transcription

The first step in gene expression, where a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.

Posttranscription

Processes that occur to eukaryotic mRNA after it has been transcribed from DNA but before it is translated into protein, such as splicing, 5' capping, and polyadenylation.