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Q: What is the Study of rock and soil is called?
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Who study soil divide soil profiles into layers?

The scientists who study soil are just called soil scientists. The specific term for what they study is pedology.


What is a mixture of weathered rock and organic matter called?

If the rock has been eroded into grains, then the mixture is known as top soil.


The branch of science which deals with scientific study of soil?

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The soil layer of rock beneath the soil is called?

Bedrock


Weathered pieces of rock are called?

weathered pieces of rock is called soil.


What is soil and rock that allows water to pass through it called?

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Why is bed rock called the parent of soil?

Bed rock is called the parent of soil because soil formation begins when bed rock is broken down by weathering . Weathering breaks the parent rock into smaller and smaller peices later on the weathered rock is broke down into soil particles. :-)


The chemical composition of soil depends to a large extent on what?

the characteristics of soil depend mainly on the rock from which the soil was weathered, which is called the soil's parent rock


What is arrangement of soil particales called?

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What do you call the study of dirt?

I was wondering the same thing, and I found that the study of soil is called Pedology.


A Solid layer of rock under the soil is called?

This layer of solid rock is called bedrock.