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Question

1.what are the three ways that soil is important and for each explain why it is important in that way?

2. Soils are home for a wide variety of organisms such as worms and other tiny animals such as insects, arthropods (like spiders and millipedes). There are also organisms such as fungi and bacteria. Collectively these organisms serve two very important services to/in the soil. What are these services?

3.Soils are made up of a mineral portion, an organic portion, and air and water. What are the three mineral components of soil?

a.clay

b.bits of plant material; dead organisms

c.silt

d.sand

please and thank you i can figure any of this at all

and i cant find any of this im my book! =[

Answer 1

type soil in your search bar like google or yahoo and it should tell you everything you need to know

Answer 2

3. is c. =)

2. is that the organisms break down other dead organisms

idk about 1. =(

Answer 3

1. 3 ways soil is important is that it makes vegetation of any type possible, it provides a home for the underground creatures, and its also the barrier that we stand on.

2. These organisms decompose dead material from the soil and therefore provide beneficial nutrients for plants and trees.

3. The 3 mineral compounds of soil are bits of plant material and dead organisms, silt and sand.