Question

1. What is soil? How is it important to us?
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Answer 1

WHAT IS SOIL ????

• Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Earth's body of soil, called the pedosphere, has four important functions .......

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT????

• It is important because it helps in the change in climatic conditions
• Soil plays a vital role in the Earth’s ecosystem. Without soil human life would be very difficult.
• Soil functions are general capabilities of soils that are important for various agricultural, environmental, nature protection, landscape architecture and urban applications. Six key soil functions are:
• Food and other biomass production
• Environmental Interaction: storage, filtering, and transformation
• Biological habitat and gene pool
• Source of raw materials
• Physical and cultural heritage
• Platform for man-made structures: buildings, highways..............
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