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Agriculture · Q621

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 621

Q621

Which science assumes the status of petrology, petrography and pedogenesis

A.
Soil Science
B.
Edaphology
C.
Pedology
Answer
D.
Petrology

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pedology is a discipline within soil science that focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks for modeling soil bodies in the context of the natural environment. It assumes the status of petrology, petrography and pedogenesis.
Petrology is the study of rocks and the processes that form and transform them.
Petrography is the process of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks.
Pedogenesis is the study of the origin and formation of soil.