| Course Contents |
| Definition and basic components of soil; Soil formation; The concept of soil profile and horizon; The main soil groups in our country; Texture and structure concepts, achieving and maintaining soil structure, clustered; Soil organic matter; Soil reaction (acidity, alkalinity); Soil-water relations; Soil organisms. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
1) Formation and description of soil
2) Soil fundamental material |
Expression, question and answer |
| 2 |
Factors of soil generation |
Expression, question and answer |
| 3 |
Factors of soil generation |
Expression, question and answer |
| 4 |
Decomposition and transformation processes in soil formation |
Expression, question and answer |
| 5 |
Matters of soil structure
1) Soil organic matter
2) Soil living
3) Soil water and air |
Expression, question and answer |
| 6 |
Soil profile, definitions and nomenclature horizons |
Expression, question and answer |
| 7 |
Classification of soils |
Expression, question and answer |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
|
| 9 |
The physical properties of soil texture, specific gravity, bulk density, porosity, soil structure |
Expression, question and answer |
| 10 |
Achievement and maintenance of the structure formation of clusters in soils, soil texture and soil color |
Expression, question and answer |
| 11 |
Soil alkalinity
Soil reaction and
Soil salinity |
Expression, question and answer |
| 12 |
Plant nutrients in the soil, essential elements and micro elements, N, P, K and other elements in the soil dynamics |
Expression, question and answer |
| 13 |
Soil of Türkiye |
Expression, question and answer |
| 14 |
Erosion and soil loss |
Expression, question and answer |
| 15 |
Soil water, the water factor in keeping the soil factors, soil water, soil-water movement, soil-environment relationship |
Expression, question and answer |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Akalan, İ. 1983. Toprak Bilgisi, Ank. Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yayınları, Ders Kitabı No: 243 |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
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