1. All About Soil

2. Soil structure is the arrangement of particles in soil
Examples of soil structure:

3. Humus is the organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals

4. Humus, silt, clay, sand, and loam are all examples of soil texture!

5. Explain soil conservation in your own words:

6. Explain erosion in your own words:

7. Transported soil is the soil that is blown or washed away from it’s parent rock

8. Soil fertility is how well soil holds nutrients
Why is this important to plants?

9. Soil texture is the proportion of different sized soil particles or how the soil feels

10. Georgia has reddish colored soil because it has a high content of iron

11. The rock that forms the soil is called the parent rock

12. The layers of soil are --
Humus
Topsoil
Subsoil
Weathered Rock
Bedrock

13. Leaving old stalks of plants to provide cover from the rain, so nutrients aren’t washed away, is called no-till farming

14. Planting new crops that use less nutrients is called crop rotation

15. The pH scale goes from 0 – 14
The lower numbers are acidic
The higher numbers are more basic