OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -Soil forms continuously, but slowly, from the gradual breakdown of rocks through weathering. Weathering can be a physical, chemical or biological process: physical weathering-breakdown of rocks from the result of a mechanical action.

Detailed explanation-2: -Soils develop faster in warm, moist climates and slowest in cold or arid ones. Rainfall is one of the most important climate factors in soil formation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Factors that slow soil formation include: High lime content in parent material. High quartz content in parent material. High clay content in parent material.

Detailed explanation-4: -The soil formation occurs due to weathering of bedrock. This is a natural process as it happens without human intervention and also a slow process as it takes thousands of years for soil to form.