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Regolith.
Brycen Goodwin
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What is a layer of soil at the surface of the ground?
A layer of soil at the surface of the ground is subsoil. Subsoil is made up of small particles including silt, sand, and clay.
Describe how soil horizons form?
a soil horizon is a special layer in the soil which measures parallel to the soil surface.
What is is another word for the earth's surface?
earth's crust, soil layer, outer layer
What is the top most layer of the earth's surface?
Soil is the topmost layer of the Earth's crust.
A layer of soil just below the surface of the tundra is known a?
Permafrost
What is the soil-like layer on the moons surface called?
Regolith.
What is the soil like-layer on the Moon's surface called?
Regolith.
What is a layer of soil at the surface of the ground?
A layer of soil at the surface of the ground is subsoil. Subsoil is made up of small particles including silt, sand, and clay.
The dark layer of soil at the surface is called?
Topsoil.
Describe how soil horizons form?
a soil horizon is a special layer in the soil which measures parallel to the soil surface.
What is is another word for the earth's surface?
earth's crust, soil layer, outer layer
What is the top most layer of the earth's surface?
Soil is the topmost layer of the Earth's crust.
What is the loose layer of dead material on the soil surface?
litter
Why is solifluction only a summertime?
In the summer, the soil thaws to some depth below the surface, but the water is trapped in the thawed soil because the permafrost zone is impermeable. Thus solifluction occurs only in the summer when the surface soil layer is thawed. In the winter the surface soil layer is frozen solid.
Why is solifluction only a summertime phenomenon?
In the summer, the soil thaws to some depth below the surface, but the water is trapped in the thawed soil because the permafrost zone is impermeable. Thus solifluction occurs only in the summer when the surface soil layer is thawed. In the winter the surface soil layer is frozen solid.
What is the layer of of dead plant material on the soil surface?
detritus, I think
What is the loose layer of dead plant material the soil surface?
litter
