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Why do rainforest soil not keep nutrients after tree are cut down?
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Where do plants living in the rainforest get their nutrients?
the plants living in the rainforest get their nutrients from the rainforest soil.
Why is rainforest soil nutrient poor?
Heavy rain washed off the nutrients from the rainforest's soil.
Soil formation in the rainforest?
The top soil of the rainforest doesnt contain many nutrients, and the top soils minerals are washed away with the soil due to rainfall. The plants are adapted to the soil by them containing nutrients within themselves, therefore not needing soils rich in nutrients and minerals.:)- that's all i know.....
What biome has the worst soil?
The rainforest has very poor soil because most of the nutrients in the rainforests are not in the soil, but in the plants themselves. This is why you cannot regrow a rainforest once it is cut down. Without the plants, it's impossible to regrow anything in the rainforest's soil. Desert soil is also very poor in organic matter and has very poor water holding capacity, just like the rainforest. I'm not sure which of these is the correct answer to this question
What type of soil is in a rainforest?
High in decomposing organic matter, low in nutrients.
Break down essential nutrients and return them to the soil?
Bacteria typically break down essential nutrients and return them to the soil. Sometimes fungi will break down essential nutrients and return them to the soil as well.
What are some nonliving things in a tropical rainforest?
Some nonliving things in a rainforest are clouds, rocks, and soil. Soil is not neccesarily nonliving. The nutrients inside of it are living, but soil is not.
How does the soil get its nutrients in the rainforest?
because when the trees are form the nutrics gose from the tree in to the ground :)
How do nutrients get into soil?
Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. They return the nutrients to the soil.
What is the quality of soil in the tropical rainforest?
Soil quality includes several parameters, but it is likely that you are asking about the fertility of tropical rainforest soils, because many other aspects of soil quality are unrelated to the soil's position on the globe.Soil fertility in tropical rainforest soils is low. This is because of the warm climate and the availability of water, both of which increase microbial activity, chemical reaction times, and the leaching of soluble soil constituents.The warm, moist environment causes the rapid breakdown of minerals and additions of organic matter (dead leaves and other plant parts, etc.) and then the removal of these breakdown products by living plants and rainwater. Plant nutrients are often locked up as part of soil minerals and soil organic matter. The rainforest environment decomposes these more complex, insoluble substances, and the rapidly growing plants of the rainforest take these nutrients up. Any nutrients not taken up by the plants are then easily washed out of the soil (this is called leaching of nutrients).The nutrients in a rainforest ecosystem are contained within the plants, rather than the soils. If the plants are harvested and removed, the nutrients go with them.
What is the washing of nutrients from the soil?
your best i ever had
Why rain forest soil does not keep its nutrients long after trees are cut down?
the tree holds the nutrients but if you remove the tree the nutrients will wash away then you cant plant any thing else there.
