FORESTRY
SOIL SCIENCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Soil is a living, dynamic resource. It helps grow food, fiber, and fuel. However, none of these processes can truly be carried out without the help of animals. For example, gophers, turtles, burrowing animals, and insects all live in the soil.
Detailed explanation-2: -Soil animals perform several functions in soil that make them a vital part of all ecosystems, including agriculture. Soil animals are involved in: • degrading organic matter and making nutrients available, • improving and maintaining soil structure; and, • mixing organic matter through the soil.
Detailed explanation-3: -Soil is a habitat for a variety of organisms which include earthworms, insects, rats, moles and snakes . various nitrogen fixing bacteria are also found here. rabbit a rats mole dug holes or barrows to live in. Earthworms live in wet soil.