Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Soil | A loose mixture of weathered rock fragments, organic material, water, and air that can support the row the of vegetation.
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| Soil Composition | What it is made of. A mixture of rock particles, minerals, decayed organic material, water, and air.
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| Humus | A dark-colored substance that forms as a plant and animal remains decay. Makes the soil dark. Lighter soil has less.
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| Fertile Soil | Rich in the nutrients that plants need to grow.
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| Soil Texture | The soil quality that is based on the proportions of the soil particles. Depends on the size of the soil particles.
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| Soil Horizons | Layers of soil.
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| Horizon A | Topsoil with humus. Crumbly, dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus, clay, and other minerals.
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| Horizon B | Subsoil. Consists of clay and other particles washed down from Horizon A, but less humus.
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| Horizon C | Rock fragment (weathered rock) forms as bedrock weathers and rock breaks up into soil.
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| Horizon R | Bedrock- solid rock at the bottom
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| Loam | Soil that is up of about equal parts of clay, sand, and silt. Best for growing most types of trees.
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| Decomposition | How humus is formed. Rotting, decaying.
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| Leaching | The removal of substances that can be dissolved from rocks or layers of soil due to the passing of water.
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| Parent rock | The source of the weathered fragments (mineral fragments or sediments)
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| Bedrock | The layer of rock beneath the soil.
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| Transported Soil | Soil that is blown, washed away, or moved by glaciers.
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| Residual Soil | The soil that remains above its parent rock.
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| Litter | Loose layer of leaves on the ground from plants.
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