We've Been Here For Years Flashcards
(14 cards)
In soil you can find minerals, rocks, and
humus
Soil is made up of
water and living things
What decomposes plants and animals that die in the soil or on it?
bacteria and fungi
The layers of the soil all have a different
soil profile
The soil profile layer names are called
horizons
The layers contain
Topsoil, Subsoil, and Weathered Bedrock
The property that refers to the size of the soil particles is called
texture
A type of soil with large particles that is coarse
sandy
Other properties are
color and pore spaces
Pore spaces
indicates how easily water passes through soil
Pore spaces determine
how clean the soil is
What soil will allow living things to survive?
Soil permeable to air and water
If the soil does not hold up enough water crop plants can
dry up
If the soil holds to much water the crop plants can
drown
