soil sample

 

 

a) My soil texture seems to be sandy loam which aids water flow and the movement of nutrients through the ecosystem. The soil is able to hold shape but also is loosely packed enough to allow the flow of nutrients and water explaining the extensive plant growth of the area.

 

b) The organisms in the area I collected the soil includes various plant species such as grass, flowering plants, and cattail stalks. The soil also contained many different insects, I felt kind of bad rolling their home into a ball.

 

c.) The plants extract nutrients and water from the soil decreasing the soil quality while the little insects help to air ate the soil by burrowing through it and decaying dead organic material increasing the quality of it.

 

d) My soil sample is likely to experience some degree of erosion which would result in the land washing away over time into the ponds. They ponds may decrease in clarity which could result in less sunlight penetrating the water and species that live within the pond may have a harder time surviving.

 

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