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- 1SOILTOP MOST PART OF THE ROCK AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF HUMUS, SEDIMENTS AND WEATHERED ROCKS.
PART OF THE LITHOSPHERE WHERE WE LIVE IN - 2SOIL CHARACTERIZATIONPROFILE
TEXTURE
CONSISTENCY
COLOR
ACIDITY - 3SOIL PROFILEARRANGEMENT OF LAYERS/HORIZONS
- 4O HORIZONCONSISTS MOSTY OF LEAF LITTERS AND HUMUS
SOME PACES DOESN'T HAVE THIS LAYER/HORIZON - 5A HORIZONKNOWN AS THE TOP SOIL
IT IS WHERE SEEDS AND PLANTS GROW
DARK COLORED
MADE UP OF HUMUS AND MINERALS - 6DARKER SOIL MEANSHEALTHIER SOI AND MORE MINERALS
- 7E HORIZONBOUNDARY BETTWEEN THE A HORIZON AND THE B HORIZON
MOSTLY MADE UP OF SAND AND SILT - 8SILTTYPE OF SOIL THAT IS JUST LIKE SAND BUT FINER
- 9B HORIZONALSO KNOWN AS THE SUB SOIL
MADE UP OF SAND, SILT, AND CLAY
CONTAINS LESS HUMUS AND ORGANIC MATTER
HAS LESS MINERALS THAN THE TOP SOIL - 10C HORIZONALSO CALLED AS REGOLITH
CONSISTS OF SLIGHTLY BROKEN UP BEDROCK.
VERY LITTLE ORGANIC MATTER - 11D HORIZONALSO KNOWN AS THE BEDROCKTHE UNWEATHERED ROCK
FOUND UNDERNEATH ALL THE OTHER LAYERS - 12SOIL TEXTUREROUGH OR SMOOTH
- 13SOIL COLORTHE DARKER THE HEALTHIER
- 14SOIL CONSISTENCYHOW FIRM OR LOOSE THE SOI IS
- 15SOIL ACIDITYWHETHER THE SOIL IS ACIDIC OR BASIC
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