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Soil-Sandy Loam
a. Sandy loam captures and holds moisture within itself. It consists of numerous different nutrients which do not tend to get depleted very easily. Sandy loam holds it’s shape but also allows nutrients and water to pass through the ecosystem regularly.
b.In the area where the soil was collected there are organisms such as trees, ferns, fungus, moss, worms, insects, small mammals, deer, birds and many others species.
c.When these organisms decay they add organic matter to the soil. Also, the plants use some of the nutrients in the soil, but they also drop their leaves each fall, adding organic matter. The insects dig holes in the soil allowing air to pass through and this helps keep the nutrients flowing.
d.The soil collected is not eroded. It is highly rich in organic matter and remains relatively stable due to the tree roots keeping it in place. If it was moved the current location would not be as rich in nutrients or plant life. If it did erode it would erode to the pond, making it more shallow and adding more nutrients into the water. Also, it might make the water foggy which would prevent sunlight from being present for photosynthesis. This would affect the way the aquatic species lived and they would have to adapt to the different levels of nutrients.
Soil-Sandy Loam
a. Sandy loam captures and holds moisture within itself. It consists of numerous different nutrients which do not tend to get depleted very easily. Sandy loam holds it’s shape but also allows nutrients and water to pass through the ecosystem regularly.
b.In the area where the soil was collected there are organisms such as trees, ferns, fungus, moss, worms, insects, small mammals, deer, birds and many others species.
c.When these organisms decay they add organic matter to the soil. Also, the plants use some of the nutrients in the soil, but they also drop their leaves each fall, adding organic matter. The insects dig holes in the soil allowing air to pass through and this helps keep the nutrients flowing.
d.The soil collected is not eroded. It is highly rich in organic matter and remains relatively stable due to the tree roots keeping it in place. If it was moved the current location would not be as rich in nutrients or plant life. If it did erode it would erode to the pond, making it more shallow and adding more nutrients into the water. Also, it might make the water foggy which would prevent sunlight from being present for photosynthesis. This would affect the way the aquatic species lived and they would have to adapt to the different levels of nutrients.