Question

What is soil? What are the factors of soil formation? Explain with diagram.

Answer 1

Factors that affect soil formation. Soils form from the interplay of five main factors namely Parent material, Time, Climate, Relief and Organisms. Parent material: This refers to the mineral material, or organic material from which the soil is formed

Answer 2

Answer:

1) parent material,

2) relief or topography,

3) organisms (including humans),

4) climate, and

5) time. If a single parent material is exposed to different climates then a different soil individual will form.