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WAEC Agriculture 2024 Paper

Question : 11

Total: 49

A soil sample that contains predominantly mineral matter that are smaller than 0.002mm in size is,The diagram above illustrates a bag of compound fertilizer,use it to answer the questions.

gravel
sand
clay
loam

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

Soil particles are classified by size, and clay is the finest soil particle.

Explanation:

Mineral particles smaller than

0.002\,\mathrm{mm}

are classified as clay.

Gravel and sand have much larger particle sizes.

Loam is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay, not a single particle size.

Hence, a soil sample dominated by particles smaller than

0.002\,\mathrm{mm}

is clay.

Answer:

C. clay

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