PPT-Rocks And Soils

What are soils Soils are a mixture of tiny particles of rock dead plants and animals air and water Different plants grow better in different types of soil Clay Soil Clay soil  is an orange or blue. Identify Basic Soils Properties. TEC C03-A01. Why is. . Soil . important ?. It is the foundation for. all types of pavement. systems and building. structures.. What is . Soil . .... is the entire unconsolidated . Rainscaping:. Soils 101. . Soils 101. Living, breathing dynamic system. Chemical, . physical . and biological characteristics. Soil . Formation -- 5 . Influencing Factors. C. limate . -. weathering, freeze, thaw, wetting, drying. Plant Material Maintenance. Soil. Soil is the top . layer of . the Earth’s crust. .. Millions of years to make. Being lost at a rate of 5.2 tons/acre/year (Iowa state-wide average). SOLIDS +. PORE SPACE =. Dru. Yates. dru.e.yates@gmail.com. Learning Objectives. List . and describe the 5. . factors of soil formation. List and describe the 4. . soil forming processes. Be familiar with common soil horizons and corresponding lowercase suffixes used to describe these horizons. Extensively developed in Antarctica and rare outside of Polar regions. Characterized by a specific lithology due to penguin nesting behavior. Includes a combination of soil, pebbles, guano, highly rich in organic. University of California Cooperative Extension. Our agenda for today. Basic soil principles. The things we add to our soils. Amendments. Mulches. Compost. Fertilizers. Soils for the Gardener. Why are Soils Important to Sustainability?. Copy the table below and explain the following clues that can be found in rocks.. . Clues. What the clue tells us?. Magnetic particles in rocks.. Fossils in the rocks.. Ripples in the rocks.. Minerals in the rocks. What do rocks look like?. Is this what you thought of?. Or this?. OR THIS????. OR…. THIS!!!!. Rocks can be small or big!. We are going to learn 3 different rocks and how they are made!. Igneous Rock. Color . Texture. Light. Dark. Fine. Coarse . Igneous rocks are classified according to their. . origin. , . texture. , and . mineral composition. .. Origin . D. id it harden inside the earth or on the earth’s surface?. Soils differ from one part of the world to another, even from one part of a backyard to another. . They differ because of where and how they formed. And over time, five major factors control how a soil forms. These factors are . Tundra comes from the Finnish . tunturia. ,. which means barren . or treeless land. However, the . tundra is not really barren. A . diversity of low growing plants . – including a few dwarf trees . The soil is the upper layers of the . regolith. that is accumulated materials of weathering product and thus supports plant growth. . Weathering Products. : . Product of weathering is . regolith. or . Soils support the growth of higher plants by providing a medium for plant roots and supplying nutrient elements that are essential to the entire plant.. Soil properties are the principal factor controlling the fate of water in the hydrologic system. Water loss, utilization, contamination and purification are all affected by the soil.. of the sugar industry land use. Raisa . Gracheva. , Igor . Zamotaev. , . Yulia. . Konoplyanikova. , and Elena . Belonovskaya. Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow Russia . gracheva@igras.ru.