Maggie Lubarski
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1. My soil was a silty clay loam so nutrients and water pass through this soil easily.
2. This was taken on the edge of the wood so there was a lot of plant life. There were also a ton of insects (a really big daddy longleg!), and some birds up in the tree tops.
3 When the plants and insects die, they become part of an organic matter that covers the forest floor and their nutrients pass into the soil. Also any feces that animals in the woods dispose of add nutrients as well.
4. I do not believe that this was likely to be eroded. With this being in an area of low elevation I would say that water and nutrients eroded from higher elevations would travel to this area.
5. Ecologists find it important to know soil texture to be able to tell how different organisms live and survive within that area
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1. My soil was a silty clay loam so nutrients and water pass through this soil easily.
2. This was taken on the edge of the wood so there was a lot of plant life. There were also a ton of insects (a really big daddy longleg!), and some birds up in the tree tops.
3 When the plants and insects die, they become part of an organic matter that covers the forest floor and their nutrients pass into the soil. Also any feces that animals in the woods dispose of add nutrients as well.
4. I do not believe that this was likely to be eroded. With this being in an area of low elevation I would say that water and nutrients eroded from higher elevations would travel to this area.
5. Ecologists find it important to know soil texture to be able to tell how different organisms live and survive within that area