Question

What are the factors necessary for the soil formation ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Soils are formed through the interaction of five major factors: time, climate, parent material, topography and relief, and organisms. The relative influence of each factor varies from place to place, but the combination of all five factors normally determines the kind of soil developing in any given place. In Plymouth County parent material and relief as it relates to drainage, account for many of the differences among the named soils. The following are brief explanations of the factors contributing to soil formation in Plymouth County Massachusetts.

Answer 2

Answer:

Scientists attribute soil formation to the following factors: Parent material, climate, biota (organisms), topography and time.