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

2. 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?
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What is Humus?
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3. HOW SOIL IS FORMED Climate Climate SOIL
Use p114 of textbook to complete the diagram
Climate
Climate
How does Leeching affect soil?
SOIL

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