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AKHILA .C.KSOCIALSCIENCE

REG.NO.16914366003IQBAL COLLEGE PERINGAMMALA

SOIL FORMATION

THE SOIL WE SEE TODAY IS FORMED BY PROLONGED PROCESSES LIKE WEATHERING OF ROCKS AND

DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER

FACTORS INFLUENCING SOIL FORMATION

CLIMATETOPOGRAPHYPARENT ROCK

PLANTS AND ANIMALSTIME

CLIMATE – SOIL FORMATION WILL BE SLOW IN COLD ENVIRONMENTS

TOPOGRAPHY - SOIL WILL BE THIN ALONG STEEP SLOPES

PARENT ROCKS - THE MINERALS IN THE SOIL AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE

SOIL DEPEND ON THE ROCK FROM WHICH IT IS FORMED

PLANTS AND ANIMALS - THE ACID FORMED AS A RESULT OF THE DECAYING

OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAUSE WEATHERING OF ROCKS

TIME – THE THICKNESS AND STRUCTURE OF SOIL DEPENDS ON THE TIME TAKEN

FOR IT’S FORMATION

SOIL IS ON OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT MAKES LIFE ON THE EARTH

POSSIBLE

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