FORESTRY
SOIL SCIENCE
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Question
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Which of the following best describes how soils are formed?
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As plants and animals break down, the carbon in their bodies turns into minerals that plants eat to survive.
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Over thousands of years, rocks are weathered down to small particles that mix with small amounts of decaying organic matter and living organisms.
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As animals consume plants, they convert the plant matter into minerals. The feces from the animals then forms the soil.
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Over thousands of years, carbon dioxide in the air converts into minerals that fall to the ground and form soil.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The process of formation of soil is known as weathering.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rock is also broken down biologically by living organisms in contact with the rock and its fragments. These processes are collectively called weathering. As the soil-forming process continues over time, plants become established.
Detailed explanation-3: -Formation of soil is a slow and gradual process. Soil is formed by the breaking down of rocks by the action of wind, water, temperature and microorganisms. This is called weathering.
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