Write three sentences to say how soil is formed.
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ꜱᴏɪʟ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟꜱ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱɪꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴏɪʟ. ᴛʜᴇy ᴀʀᴇ ᴩʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʀᴏᴄᴋꜱ (ᴩᴀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ) ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴇʀᴏꜱɪᴏɴ. ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴡɪɴᴅ, ᴛᴇᴍᴩᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ, ɢʀᴀᴠɪᴛy, ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴩʀᴇꜱꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴩ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴩᴀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ.
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Soil minerals form the basis of soil. They are produced from rocks (parent material) through the processes of weathering and natural erosion. Water, wind, temperature change, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms and pressure differences all help break down parent material.
The types of parent materials and the conditions under which they break down will influence the properties of the soil formed. For example, soils formed from granite are often sandy and infertile whereas basalt under moist conditions breaks down to form fertile, clay soils.