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Soil resources
By: MAE AMOR T. ENORIO, LPT
WHERE DOES SOIL CAME
FROM?
HOW DOES SOIL FORMED?
ACTIVITY:
THERE SHOULD BE 8 GROUPS IN
THE CLASS
THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN SOIL
FORMATION ARE LISTED IN THE
PAPER.
READ THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
PROCESSES AND MAKE YOUR OWN
ILLUSTRATIONS OUT OF THIS
DESCRIPTIONS.
SOIL
IS THE UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
THIS LAYER IS COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT
SAND, MUD AND ROCK PARTICLES
CAN TAKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO
FORM
WEATHERING- IS THE BREAKING DOWN
OF ROCKS WHICH TURNS INTO SOIL
OVER TIME.
SOIL
WIND, WATER AND FROST
HELPS IN TRANSPORTING
THE SOIL TO PLACES
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF
WEATHERING:
PHYSICAL WEATHERING
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
SOIL
PHYSICAL WEATHERING
IS THE PROCESS OF
BREAKING THE ROCKS INTO
SMALLER PIECES
THESE IS CAUSED BY
TEMPERATURE CHANGES OR
FROST
SOIL
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
IS THE PROCESS WHICH
EXISTS OF MINERALS ARE
BROKEN DOWN INTO
MINERAL COMPONENTS
THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS HOW
FAST CHEMICAL REACTIONS OCCUR.
WARM-REGION SOILS ARE
NORMALLY MORE DEVELOPED THAN
THE COLD REGION SOILS
WARM- REGIONS SOILS HAVE MORE
SILT AND CLAY ON OR NEAR THE
SURFACE.
THUS, SOILS IN TROPICAL AREAS
SUCH AS PHILIPPINES HAS FERTILE
LAND.
CLIMATE (TEMPERATURE AND
RAINFALL)- IS A SIGNIFICANT
FACTOR FOR SOIL FORMATION.
WATER ALSO AFFECTS THE
MOVEMENT OF SOIL NUTRIENTS
FROM THE TOP SOIL TO THE
DEEPER PART OF THE GROUND.
THESE NUTRIENTS MAY NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO
SHALLOW ROOTED PLANTS.
exam
1. What describes an area
of land that contains a
common set of streams
and rivers that all drain
into a single larger body
of water ?
2-3 illustrate
how watershed
looks like.
4-5. WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT TO
PROTECT
WATERSHED?
6. WHAT DO YOU
CALL THE
UPPERMOST LAYER
OF THE EARTH?
7. IT IS THE
BREAKING DOWN OF
ROCKS WHICH
TURNS INTO SOIL
OVER TIME.
8-9. WHAT ARE
THE 2 TYPES OF
WEATHERING?
10-12. WHAT ARE
THE SIGNIFICANT
FACTORS THAT
AFFECT SOIL
FORMATION?
13-15. WHAT ARE
THE USES OF SOIL
IN OUR
ENVIRONMENT?