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How are plants and humus related?
Provide most of the organic matter that gets broken down to form humus.
Is humus a mixture of humus and clay?
No, Humus is made from dead organic plants and animals.
What is rich in humus and minerals for growing plants?
Both humus and minerals contain nitrogen for growth of plants. Alluvial soils are rich in humus and minerals making them good for growth of plants.
What does topsoil have in it?
plants and humus
What do you call the part of soil that is recycled dead plants and animals?
Humus
What resource does humus provide for soil?
Legumes contain nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots, which provides nutrients to other plants. Nutrition
What does humus provide to the soil?
humus is a source of nutrients which makes soil fertile.
Why does soil horizon A have the most Humus?
The Fertile soil contains lots of microorganisms which decompose the complex dead bodies of animals and plants into simpler substance called Humus.
What is organic material turned into humus?
Animal feces and dead plants that are decayed can become humus.
What is returned to the soil and used by the plants?
humus
What is in soil that makes plants grow?
humus
How does a soil become rich with humus?
it kills plants:(
