What is Soil?
This is a mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic matter, rock(mineral) fragments, water and air.
What is soil?
This is considered the starting point of soil.
What is Parent Material?
This is the name for the layers hat form in soil.
What are horizons?
These are the name for the qualities of a soil that determines the best use for it.
What are the (soil) properties?
This is the property that refers to The amount of acidity in soil.
What is pH?
We only need to know 3 three horizons. This is how many layers there actually are.
What are 6 (six)?
In soil, water and air fill small holes between soil particles called...
What are pores?
This is the average weather of an area that can impact the rate of weathering.
What is climate?
This is the layer of soil that has weathered parent material and prevents clay particles from passing through.
What is the C- Horizon?
This is the property that refers to how a soil clumps OR is held together.
What is structure?
This is the property that refers to how much water is in between the pores of soil particles.
What is soil moisture?
Only about this percent of microorganisms living in soil have been identified so far.
What is 1%
This is the solid part of soil that was once part of living organisms.
What is organic matter?
This is the shape/steepness of the land that controls the way that water flows.
What is topography?
There are this many layers that we need to know.
What is 3 (three)?
This is the property that refers to how quickly water moves through soil pores.
What is Infiltration?
This is the property that refers to the size/shape of the particles in soil.
What is texture?
95% of the production of this relies on healthy soil.
What is food?
This is the break down process that organic matter goes through to become part of soil.
What is decomposition?
This is All of the living organisms in a region that interact with the soil.
What is biota?
This is the layer that is home to the most organic matter and is the best location for growing plants.
What is the A- Horizon?
This is the property that refers to how light or dark the soil is due to the presence of organic and inorganic matter.
What is color?
This is the property that refers to a soil's ability to support the growth of plants.
What is fertility?
This is the most beneficial organism to the soil.
What is an earthworm?
This is the part of soil that are made from materials that have NEVER been alive.
What is inorganic matter?
the formation of soil is a slow but consistent process because of this factor.
What is time?
This layer is home to the most clay particles.
What is the B - Horizon?
This is the property that refers to the hardness or softness of a soil when water is added.
What is consistency?
This is the property that refers to how warm or cold the soil is. This can change due to how much organic matter is in the soil.
What is temperature?
Every minute we lose the equivalent of this many soccer fields of fertile soil.
What is 30 soccer fields?