Key Terms For Soil Discovery
Soil Types
Acidic soils
Alkaline soils
Saline soils
Residual soils
Aluvial soils
Eolian soils
Chernozem
Calcareous soils
Soil components
Soil
organic matter
Humus
Ions
Anions
Cations
Acidic and basic cations
Soil
The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles
Minerals
Any of a class of substances occurring in nature, organic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances example being asphalt or coal.
Rocks
Solid inorganic naturally forming substances without a particular atomic structure or composition
Types of Rocks- Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
Soil Types
Acidic soils
Alkaline soils
Saline soils
Residual soils
Aluvial soils
Eolian soils
Chernozem
Calcareous soils
Soil components
Soil
organic matter
Humus
Ions
Anions
Cations
Acidic and basic cations
Soil
The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles
Minerals
Any of a class of substances occurring in nature, organic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances example being asphalt or coal.
Rocks
Solid inorganic naturally forming substances without a particular atomic structure or composition
Types of Rocks- Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary