5.

3 Soil degradation and

conservation
1. Soil fertility
 Soil fertility
Fertile soil contains a community of organisms
that work to maintain functioning nutrient
cycles and that are resistant to soil erosion

List as
many ways
as you can
that soil can
be
degraded.
 The importance of soil

Soil 101
 Soil succession
Soils become deeper and more biologically complex
over time. They begin as a shallow layer of wind-blown
dust and lightly weathered parent bedrock.

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 Soil succession
As subsequent generations of mosses, lichens, and
plants grow and deposit biomass, they add more and
more organic matter to the soil matrix, improving soil
fertility.

Yellowstone National Park

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