Question

explain the role of minerals in soil formation
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Answer 1

Answer:

Soil minerals serve as both sources and sinks of essential plant nutrients. As primary minerals that originally formed at high temperatures and pressures in igneous and metamorphic rocks are weathered in soils, they release plant nutrients into the soil solution.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Defination of Minerals:-

A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a definite chemical composition, and an ordered internal structure. Geologists are able to identify minerals because they have characteristic physical properties.

Role in soil formation:-

Soil minerals serve as both sources and sinks of essential plant nutrients. As primary minerals that originally formed at high temperatures and pressures in igneous and metamorphic rocks are weathered in soils, they release plant nutrients into the soil solution.