What are two major functions of soils in your ecosystem?

Answer 1

Soil functions are general capabilities of soils that are important for various agricultural, environmental, nature protection, landscape architecture and urban applications. Six keysoil functions are:,[1][2]

1. Food and other biomass production
2. Environmental Interaction: storage, filtering, and transformation
3. Biological habitat and gene pool
4. Source of raw materials
5. Physical and cultural heritage
6. Platform for man-made structures: buildings, highways

Answer 2

The two major functions of soil in an ecosystem are giving plants nutrients and providing shelter and suitable habitat for burrow and underground insects and animals

Answer 3

soil helps because it gives theplant the waterit needs to grow using photosyntisis and it the soil gives it water by holding it

Answer 4

Soil provides nutrients to plants

Soil protects the roots of plants

Answer 5

Soil provides physical support for plants; plant roots anchor themselves in the soil to prevent the plant from falling over or blowing away

Answer 6

nutriants

roots

Answer 7

nutrients and roots