OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

SOIL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Subsoil is made mostly of
A
parent material
B
humus
C
clay and silt
D
bedrock
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The subsoil is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay. It is the second layer of soil found below the topsoil. The third layer of soil consists of weathered rock material.

Detailed explanation-2: -The subsoil may contain some broken down organic matter but it is mostly made of weathered rocks and clay minerals. Plants send their roots into both of these layers to find water stored in the soil and to find nutrients that they need to grow and to use for photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Subsoil is the layer of soil under the topsoil on the surface of the ground. Like topsoil, it is composed of a variable mixture of small particles such as sand, silt and clay, but with a much lower percentage of organic matter and humus, and it has a small amount of rocks which are smaller mixed with it.

Detailed explanation-4: -B HORIZON-This is the layer that we call “subsoil” and it is located just below the A Horizon. This layer has clay and mineral deposits and less organic materials than the layers above it. This layer is also lighter in color than the layers above it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parent materials Soil minerals form the basis of soil. They are produced from rocks (parent material) through the processes of weathering and natural erosion. Water, wind, temperature change, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms and pressure differences all help break down parent material.

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