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    A soil profile shows the different layers of soil and materials below the surface of the ground from top to bottom, including the topsoil, subsoil, rocky soil, and bedrock layers. It provides information about the composition and characteristics of the soil. Creating a labeled soil profile allows one to observe and understand the various layers that make up soil.

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    A soil profile shows the different layers of soil and materials below the surface of the ground from top to bottom, including the topsoil, subsoil, rocky soil, and bedrock layers. It provides information about the composition and characteristics of the soil. Creating a labeled soil profile allows one to observe and understand the various layers that make up soil.

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    A soil profile shows the different layers of soil and materials below the surface of the ground from top to bottom, including the topsoil, subsoil, rocky soil, and bedrock layers. It provides information about the composition and characteristics of the soil. Creating a labeled soil profile allows one to observe and understand the various layers that make up soil.

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    8 - Soil Profile

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    lama
    A soil profile shows the different layers of soil and materials below the surface of the ground from top to bottom, including the topsoil, subsoil, rocky soil, and bedrock layers. It provides information about the composition and characteristics of the soil. Creating a labeled soil profile allows one to observe and understand the various layers that make up soil.

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    What is a

    soil profile?

    Rocks and Soils


    Steps to success
    1) To understand a profile is.

    2) To know the layers of Earth


    underneath our feet.

    3) To create and label a soil


    profile.
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    Place your head in
    A profile
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    like layers!
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    this:
    Subsoil

    Rocky soil

    Bedrock

    So what´s a soil profile?


    1) Label the sections 2) Complete these
    First thing of your soil profile explanations:
    with these parts:
    1) Topsoil is ……………….. and full of
    • Rocky Soil …………………………
    • Subsoil 2) Subsoil is ………………. coloured
    • Bedrock and ………………………………….
    • Topsoil 3) Rocky Soil has pieces of
    ……………… that are breaking down
    and is starting to become soil.
    4) Bedrock is ………………. Rock.

    - Rock - Light - Dark - Solid

    - Rotting plants - less fertile


    1) Fill your bottle with the
    correct rocks and soils to
    make each layer.
    2) Label each layer using
    marsking tape.

    Your Task
    Above the topsoil is a
    layer called ´litter´
    Question
    Question 1: 3:
    2:
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    WhatWhatismakes
    itwill
    goodup
    for
    the soil
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