Imagine a Profile of Soil Going to a Depth of Approximately

Multiple Choice

Imagine a profile of soil going to a depth of approximately 10 ft. On a sunny day, the soil at a depth of 5ft will be ________ the soil at the surface because ________.

A) warmer; soil is a good conductor of heat
B) cooler; land is opaque preventing heating at depths
C) warmer; geothermal processes heat the deeper soils
D) cooler; plate movement mixes the soils and dissipates the heat