What characteristic is shared by both inceptisols and entisols, the soils of flood plains?

a. They both have well-developed soil horizons and profiles.

b. Both are young and only beginning to develop horizons and a soil profile.

c. They are both at the final stage of soil development.

d. None of the above

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Joslyn Nelson

Biology

23 May, 21:35

What characteristic is shared by both inceptisols and entisols, the soils of flood plains?

a. They both have well-developed soil horizons and profiles.

b. Both are young and only beginning to develop horizons and a soil profile.

c. They are both at the final stage of soil development.

d. None of the above

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Edgar Villanueva · Answer 1

"Both are young and only beginning to develop horizons and a soil profile"is the characteristic shared by both inceptisols and entisols, the soils of flood plains

Explanation:

Inceptisols and entisols are the soils that are seen in the floodplains. These soils are very weakly withered and also lacks organic matter. They are the sediments that comes from several other places through flood. The soil order of inceptisols in USDA in the soil taxonomy because they have the capability to form by the change of parent material. Also they are known to be more developed than that of entisols. Presence of clay, iron oxide, aluminium oxide and organic matters are also not found. But the entisols can not be changed from that of parent material. They are either rock or sediments.