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how does soil forms from rocks?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 10/17/2022
Lichen dies and create organic material and soil ,which plants grow new soil anyways


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How do soil forms?

Soil form by weathering of rocks...:)


What does weathering cause?

weathering results in the disintegration of rocks on a large scale. then these rocks break-up and forms soil and the soil forms the soil profile.


What does soil forms in?

Soil forms from ground rocks and organic material like compost.


What rock forms from older rocks and plants?

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This process breaks down rocks and forms soil?

Erosion is the wearing away of rocks by wind and water, which causes them to break down and form soil.


What soil forms from rocks around it?

all soil which contains an inorganic component forms from the rocks around it. Basalt is a verry nutrient rich rock, and hence the best soils in the world are found in areas where there was once basalt.


What are things that affect how soil forms?

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Is aquamarine found in soil?

Aquamarine is a type of beryl mineral that is typically found in pegmatite rocks, rather than in soil. It forms from the crystallization of magma that cooled within these rocks over time. It is usually mined from these pegmatite deposits rather than from soil.


How does the inorganic portion of soil form?

The inorganic portion of soil forms from rocks getting weathered by chemical and physical means to form soils.


What are the land forms in amazon rain forest?

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This is the parent material that forms soil?

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Which layer in the soil provides the basic material that forms soil?

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