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Soil particles between 0.1 and 2 mm in diameter are classed as what?
ASand
BSilt
CClay
DLoam
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sand
1. The inorganic material of soil is rock broken down into particles that vary in size.
2. Particles from 0.1 to 2 mm in diameter are sand.
3. Particles between 0.002 and 0.1 mm are silt.
4. Loam is not a size class at all but a soil with no dominant particle size.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 31 "Soil and Plant Nutrition", section 31.2 The Soil_
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