If You Lived in Texas or California and Your House

question 123

Multiple Choice

If you lived in Texas or California and your house foundation crumbled because the soil swelled when it was wet and cracked when it was dry, chances are that the soil would be a(n) ________.

• A) Alfisol
• B) Mollisol
• C) Oxisol
• D) Entisol
• E) Vertisol

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Definitions:

Independently

Acting or capable of acting without dependence on others; self-sufficiently.

Density-independent Factors

Environmental factors that affect the size of a population regardless of the population density, such as weather and natural disasters.

Abiotic

Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Interspecific Competition

The interaction between members of different species that vie for the same resource in an ecosystem (e.g., food or living space).