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Soils:. One of Our Natural Resources!. Some call it dirt…..But it is Soil !!!. Soil is made of loose, weathered rock and organic material. The rock material in soil contains three noticeable parts: sand, clay, and silt. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Soils:One of Our
Natural Resources!
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Some call it dirt…..But it is Soil !!!
Soil is made of loose, weathered rock and organic
material.
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The rock material in soil contains three noticeable parts: sand, clay,
and silt.
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Soil, on the average,
consists of 45% mineral, 25% water, 25% air
and 5% organic matter.
This is just an average!
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There are thousands of different soils
throughout the world.
Five important factors influence the specific soil that develops.
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Parent MaterialThis refers to the
minerals and organic materials
present during the soil’s
formation.
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Parent MaterialMaterials from
volcanoes, sediment
transported by wind, water, or
glaciers are some examples.
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Question Break!
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Think about the soils in our area. Where do you
think our “parent material” came from?
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Our parent material is mainly Marine sediment
(ocean in origin), or produced by steam-river
action.It may be thousands of
feet deep!
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Climate
The climate of a particular region can have a major influence on the
rate of soil formation.
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ClimateWeathering
processes like the cycles of freezing
and thawing, along with wetting and drying vary with
each region.
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Living Organisms
Both plants and animals help create soil.
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Living Organisms
As they die, organic matter
incorporates with weathered parent
material and becomes part of
the soil.
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Question Break!
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Can you think of some organisms that might
help mix and enrich the soil?
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Living Organisms
The actions of moles,
earthworms, bacteria, fungi,
and round worms mix and enrich
the soil.
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Topography
The slope or hilliness of a
region can have a major influence on the moisture and erosion of
soils.
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Topography
In many regions, moist, poorly
drained soils are located in low
areas.
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TopographyDrier, well drained
soils are often found in sloping hillsides. Erosion
is often a problem here
and can lead to lose of topsoil.
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Time
It takes hundreds of years to form one inch of soil
from parent material.
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Time
Only the top few centimeters are productive in the sense of being able to sustain plant growth.
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Time
This is why soil conservation is
so important!
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Soil Profile
In a cross-section of soil, various
zones are formed.
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O Horizon: Organic Layer
It consists of leaf litter and other
organic material lying on the
surface of the soil.
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A Horizon: TopsoilThis layer is usually loose
and crumbly with varying amounts
of organic matter.
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A Horizon: Topsoil This is generally
the most productive layer
of the soil.Conservation
efforts are focused here!
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B Horizon: Subsoils Subsoils are
usually lighter in color, dense and
low in organic matter.
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C Horizon: Transition This layer of
transition is almost completely void of organic mater and
is made up of partially weathered
parent material.
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Bedrock Below the C
horizon the unweathered
bedrock will be found.
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Last Question!
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What would happen to land based life as we
know it, if there was no soil layer?