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Criss D, bio482, 2013, soiltest, sec 2 photo 3
a) What type of soil is at your site?
The soil is loamy sandy.
b) How does your soil’s texture aid or hinder water flow and the movement of nutrients?
This soil retains very little water barey sows the movement of nutrients.
c) What types of organisms are in the area where you collected the soil?
The area is mostly covered in small plants, and a few small trees.
d) What effects do these organisms have on the soil’s qualities?
They take nutrients away from the soil, but the slow the movement of water and nutrients in the soil. The area also has decomposing plants that add to the soil. This further decreases the rate of water and nutrients movement through the area.
e) Is the soil you collected likely to be eroded?
The soil does move in a slanted downhill direction, but it is not the top of the hill. It can receive more soil from the area above it.
How would its loss affect the current location?
The loss of the soil would cause the death of the plants in the area. This would cause the death or relocation of numerous birds and insects.
Where would it erode to in your site?
The soil would relocate into another soiled area that has a sharp dip and then levels off.
How would its presence affect the location it moves to?
It provides the area with loamy sand soil with decompose plant material. The decompose plant material will provide additional nutrition and increase water retention.
f) As an ecologist, why is it important to think about soil texture?
The soil is the foundation for plant life. It determines what kind of pants can grow in an area plus the quantity.
Criss D, bio482, 2013, soiltest, sec 2 photo 3
a) What type of soil is at your site?
The soil is loamy sandy.
b) How does your soil’s texture aid or hinder water flow and the movement of nutrients?
This soil retains very little water barey sows the movement of nutrients.
c) What types of organisms are in the area where you collected the soil?
The area is mostly covered in small plants, and a few small trees.
d) What effects do these organisms have on the soil’s qualities?
They take nutrients away from the soil, but the slow the movement of water and nutrients in the soil. The area also has decomposing plants that add to the soil. This further decreases the rate of water and nutrients movement through the area.
e) Is the soil you collected likely to be eroded?
The soil does move in a slanted downhill direction, but it is not the top of the hill. It can receive more soil from the area above it.
How would its loss affect the current location?
The loss of the soil would cause the death of the plants in the area. This would cause the death or relocation of numerous birds and insects.
Where would it erode to in your site?
The soil would relocate into another soiled area that has a sharp dip and then levels off.
How would its presence affect the location it moves to?
It provides the area with loamy sand soil with decompose plant material. The decompose plant material will provide additional nutrition and increase water retention.
f) As an ecologist, why is it important to think about soil texture?
The soil is the foundation for plant life. It determines what kind of pants can grow in an area plus the quantity.