Unit 3: Life Supports SUMMARY Vegetation & Climate Composition of soil

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Unit 3: Life Supports SUMMARY Vegetation & Climate Composition of soil Soil Formation Soil Profiles Soil and Vegetation NAME & CLASS

CLIMATE: VEGETATION AND SOIL KEY WORDS Precipitation Minerals Humus Nutrients Parent Rock Micro-Organisms CLIMATE: VEGETATION AND SOIL How do these affect plant life Rain Heat Soil What soil contains Where do the Mineral Particles come from? __________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ What is Humus? _________________________________________________________________________________

HOW SOIL IS FORMED Climate Climate SOIL Use p114 of textbook to complete the diagram Climate Climate How does Leeching affect soil? SOIL

SOIL PROFILES A B C BROWN SOIL: Provide detail on: Location____________________________ ___________________________________ Vegetation__________________________ Rainfall_____________________________ Humus_____________________________ Mark on the map the location of each PODZOLS: Provide detail on: Location____________________________ ___________________________________ Vegetation__________________________ Rainfall_____________________________ Humus_____________________________ What is the soil found here? What colour is it?