Refer to the Figure

question 32

Essay

Refer to the figure.
Figure 3
Suppose you are now studying soils that vary in the amount of leaching they have undergone. You sample the proportion of nutrients leached from the top soil horizon. Your data are graphed in Figure 3.Answer the following questions:
a) Which study site is likely to have soil with low nutrient levels?
b) Which study site is likely to have soil with high nutrient levels?
c) Which study site likely has the oldest soil? Why? What factors would have to be similar among the sites in order to determine soil age from the data given?

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