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Soils support roots and keep them upright for growth.
Soils provide plants with essential minerals and nutrients.
Soils provide air for gaseous exchange between roots and atmosphere.
Soils protect plants from erosion and other destructive physical, biological and chemical activity.
Soils hold water (moisture) and maintain adequate aeration.
Habitat for many insects and other organisms:

Insects and microbes (very tiny single cell organisms) live in the soils and depend on soils for food and air.
Soils are homes to a diverse range of organisms such as worms and termites. They provide the needed moisture and air for breakdown of organic matter. (learn more about soil ecosystem)
They provide a home for many organisms such as insects to lay and hatch eggs and rodents to give birth to new off springs.
Filtration system for surface water:
After rainfall and snowmelts, water flows on the earth’s surface to water bodies, but much of it soaks and gets infiltrated into the ground. As it continues its way downwards through the many layers in the ground, it is filtered from dust, chemicals and other contaminants. This is why aquifers (underground water) are one of the purest sources of water. Filtered water also provides plants with clean, unpolluted water needed for growth.
Carbon store and maintenance of atmospheric gases:
Soils help regulate atmospheric Carbon dioxide () by acting as a carbon store. During humification (a process where soil organisms form complex and stable organic matter) some organic matter breakdown do not occur completely, especially in soils like peat, owing to its high acid and water content.
On a global scale, soils contain about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and about three times as much as vegetation.
This results in the accumulation of organic matter in the soil which are high in carbon content. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and many other nutrients are stored, transformed, and cycled in the soil.
Soils provide plants with essential minerals and nutrients.
Soils provide air for gaseous exchange between roots and atmosphere.
Soils protect plants from erosion and other destructive physical, biological and chemical activity.
Soils hold water (moisture) and maintain adequate aeration.
Habitat for many insects and other organisms:

Insects and microbes (very tiny single cell organisms) live in the soils and depend on soils for food and air.
Soils are homes to a diverse range of organisms such as worms and termites. They provide the needed moisture and air for breakdown of organic matter. (learn more about soil ecosystem)
They provide a home for many organisms such as insects to lay and hatch eggs and rodents to give birth to new off springs.
Filtration system for surface water:
After rainfall and snowmelts, water flows on the earth’s surface to water bodies, but much of it soaks and gets infiltrated into the ground. As it continues its way downwards through the many layers in the ground, it is filtered from dust, chemicals and other contaminants. This is why aquifers (underground water) are one of the purest sources of water. Filtered water also provides plants with clean, unpolluted water needed for growth.
Carbon store and maintenance of atmospheric gases:
Soils help regulate atmospheric Carbon dioxide () by acting as a carbon store. During humification (a process where soil organisms form complex and stable organic matter) some organic matter breakdown do not occur completely, especially in soils like peat, owing to its high acid and water content.
On a global scale, soils contain about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and about three times as much as vegetation.
This results in the accumulation of organic matter in the soil which are high in carbon content. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and many other nutrients are stored, transformed, and cycled in the soil.
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1.its is important for growing crops
2.soil contain many rich nutrients
3.it is a natural resource
2.soil contain many rich nutrients
3.it is a natural resource
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