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Chapter 11: Soil - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 11: Soil
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Soil humus importance
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Good soil structure (gummy materials such as lipids, proteins, etc. help bind soils)
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Supplies + holds nutrients (e.g. N, P, S)
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Soils: unconsolidated cover of earth, made up of mineral and organic components, water, and air: capable of supporting plant growth
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Five forming factors:
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Parent material
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Weathering:
Chemical weathering: decomposition of primary into secondary minerals
Physical weathering: Disintegration of rock into smaller particles
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Time
Soils form over long periods of time->primary minerals weathering to secondary and become physically smaller
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Soil profile: two dimensional vertical slices of soil made up of horizons or fundamental genetic layers
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Soil and Plants
Plants require nutrients, oxygen, and water
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