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Soil Formation and Soil Conservation · CAPE Geography Unit 2

53 past-paper questions on Soil Formation and Soil Conservation, part of Module 1: Climate, Vegetation and Soils, from every CAPE Geography Unit 2 paper on Quelpr.

Practise Soil Formation and Soil Conservation
  1. 3(a)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Define 'soil'.
  2. 3(a)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1State THREE ways in which parent material can influence soil characteristics.
  3. 3(b)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Draw a simple, well-labelled diagram to illustrate a soil catena.
  4. 3(a)(i)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Draw a well-labelled diagram of a soil profile likely to develop under a coniferous forest ecosystem.
  5. 3(a)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Define the term 'soil horizon'.
  6. 3(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Climate.
  7. 3(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Rock type.
  8. 3(b)(iii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Man.
  9. 3(c)(i)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Identify four risk factors that encourage soil erosion.
  10. 3(c)(ii)9 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Describe three methods used to reduce the impact of soil erosion on the environment.
  11. 3(a)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2Distinguish between 'soil texture' and 'soil structure'.
  12. 3(b)(i)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2climate
  13. 3(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2living organisms.
  14. 3(c)14 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2Discuss how soil conservation techniques may be improved by ANY TWO of the following: (i) Agroforestry, (ii) Crop rotation, (iii) Dry farming.
  15. 2(a)(i)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 (second paper) · Paper 2Outline the main characteristics of gravitational water.
  16. 2(a)(ii)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 (second paper) · Paper 2Outline the main characteristics of hygroscopic water.
  17. 3(c)18 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2008 (second paper) · Paper 2Explain three ways in which soil erosion negatively affects the environment.
  18. 2(a)(i)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Identify in which of the horizons EACH of the following occurs: a) Illuviation, b) Lessivage (clay removal), c) Eluviation.
  19. 2(a)(ii)1 mark· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Identify which horizon represents the regolith.
  20. 2(c)20 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Explain how climate and vegetation contribute to the formation of tropical latosols.
  21. 3(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Define the term 'field capacity'.
  22. 3(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Define the term 'capillary action'.
  23. 4(b)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Define 'land degradation'.
  24. 4(b)(ii)20 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Discuss FOUR practices that can lead to land degradation in less economically developed countries (LEDCs).
  25. 2(c)20 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2010 · Paper 2Write an essay discussing the human influence on the characteristics of soils, including the influence of urbanization, industrial development, agriculture, and domestic practices.
  26. 2(b)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Define soil texture.
  27. 2(b)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Define soil structure.
  28. 2(c)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Describe two ways in which soil texture affects the physical properties of the soil.
  29. 3(a)(i)1 mark· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Identify the soil type depicted in Figure 1.
  30. 3(a)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Describe the process that is represented by the arrow at 1 in Figure 1 and its effect on the soil horizon.
  31. 1(a)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2Define the term 'soil profile'.
  32. 1(a)(ii)8 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2On Figure 1, complete the drawing of well-labelled soil profiles (Profile A and Profile B) for areas A and B respectively.
  33. 1(a)(iii)5 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Figure 1 and the drawn profiles, outline clearly two effects of relief on soil formation.
  34. 3(a)(i)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2State the percentages of clay, sand, and silt found in Soil sample A using Figure 3.
  35. 3(a)(ii)1 mark· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2Identify the maximum percentage of clay found in soil classified as clay loam in Figure 3.
  36. 3(b)8 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2Describe two of the following soil processes: (i) Salinization, (ii) Calcification, (iii) Gleying.
  37. 5(a)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2State the processes occurring at P and Q in Figure 4.
  38. 3(c)18 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2Write an essay to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of techniques used to reduce soil erosion under the following headings: Terracing, Contour ploughing, Intercropping, Reduced tillage.
  39. 3(b)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Define the term 'soil structure'.
  40. 3(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Describe the characteristics of sandy, clayey, and silty soil types.
  41. 3(c)12 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Write an essay to explain THREE ways in which the vegetation in temperate grasslands contributes to the characteristics of their soils.
  42. 1(a)(i)a)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2State the location of TWO sites that you would select for your investigation, giving TWO reasons for your choice.
  43. 1(a)(i)b)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Identify ONE soil characteristic and suggest how it would be different at the sites selected in (i) a).
  44. 3(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Outline the process of podsolization in soil formation.
  45. 3(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Outline the process of calcification in soil formation.
  46. 3(b)(i)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Define 'Leaching'.
  47. 3(b)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Define 'Calcification'.
  48. 3(b)(iii)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Define 'Illuviation'.
  49. 3(b)(iv)2 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Define 'Capillarity'.
  50. 3(c)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Explain how either parent material OR climate influences the development of soils.
  51. 2(a)4 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2017 · Paper 2Outline two factors from Figure 2 that promote the formation of kaolinite soils.
  52. 2(d)6 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2019 · Paper 2Suggest TWO reasons why the characteristics of soil at the top of a slope are different from the characteristics of soil at the base of a slope.
  53. 2(c)12 marks· CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2Explain how each of the following methods controls soil erosion, indicating whether each method is a mechanical or an agronomic method: Terracing, Agroforestry, Gabion basket.

Related topics in Module 1: Climate, Vegetation and Soils