Question

why we considered soil as a source
Answer in three lines maxx...​

Answer 1

The mineral material from which a soil forms is called parent material. Rock, whether its origin is igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, is thesource of all soil mineral materials and the origin of all plant nutrients with the exceptions of nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon.

Answer 2

Soil is made up of air, water, minerals and organic material and is one of the most important natural resources on earth.

Most life on earth depends on soil as a direct or indirect source of food. Plants and animals source their nutrients from the soil and it is home to many different forms of life.


Soil consists of a mixture of mineral grains that come from the rock deposits and sediments beneath them.