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Dirt

Dirt. What’s the difference?. Soil. Soil – The outermost thin layer of the earth’s surface capable of supporting life. All of life comes from the soil. Without it, we would perish.

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Dirt

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  1. Dirt • What’s the difference?

  2. Soil • Soil – The outermost thin layer of the earth’s surface capable of supporting life. • All of life comes from the soil. Without it, we would perish. • Soil takes many centuries to form and is so durable it can last as long as our species survives, yet it is so fragile it can be destroyed almost overnight.

  3. How do we have soil?

  4. Time-------------------------->

  5. Soil Forming Factors • Parent Material plus Soil Organic Matter • Weathering Factors • Temperature changes • Water Action • Plant roots • Ice Expansion • Mechanical grinding

  6. Soil Horizons • A Horizon • B Horizon • C Horizon

  7. Most Soils have three major horizons with an optional organic (O) layer • The Surface (A) • The subsoil (B) • The substatum (C)

  8. A Horizon • Darker • 2-5” deep • Organic matter

  9. B Horizon • Transition between A (topsoil) and C (bedrock) • Called “Subsoil”

  10. C horizon • Parent material • Close to Bedrock • Little change

  11. After soil’s broken down, do we have different types or all the same type of soil?

  12. Soil • Sand • Silt • Clay

  13. Textural Class: Sand • Sand- few large pores = __low__ water holding capacity. • The particle size is from 0.05-2.0 mm

  14. Textural Class: Silt • Silt- many medium pores = ___high__ water holing capacity • Particles from .002-.05 mm

  15. Textural Class: Clay • Clay- lots of ___fine__ pores = high water holding capacity • Particle size <.002

  16. Particle Size • Sand 0.05-2mm • Silt 0.02-0.05mm • Clay <0.02

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