Soil Sampling and Survey Assignment
REVIEW QUESTIONS
⦁ Each color chip described by three components of color. Define each of these elements.
⦁ Hue
⦁ Value
⦁ Chroma
⦁ If you added organic matter to your above soil sample, would the Munsell color notation change? Explain.
⦁ Bluish-gray colored soils are called gley, and are the color of reduced iron compounds. What does this tell you about the history of a soil with this color?
⦁ What is the name of the system you used to determine soil color is called?
⦁ Define mottling.
⦁ What does mottling in the subsoil suggest?
