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Properties of Soil
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Capacity | the amount that can be held or contained |
clay | sedimentary material with very small grains |
humus | dark brown or black organic substance made up of decayed plant of animal matter |
Loam | soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt and organic matter |
pore | space in rock and soil |
retain | to keep or hold in a particlar place |
silt | sedimentary material consisiting of very fine particles in size between sand and clay |