Title:
How is soil made?
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
This book discusses plants' need for nutrients, nutrient cycles, and decomposition, illustrates the weathering, erosion, and deposition processes, and concludes with why humans need to safeguard soil.
Year Published:
2010
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note:
"Guided reading: P"--Cover p. [4], paperback ed.
Contents:
What is soil? -- All about humus -- Nutrients in soil -- Nutrient cycles -- Water for life -- Fresh air -- Weathering rock -- Break it down -- Carried away -- Dumped on the land -- Soil and climate -- Soil takes it's time -- Soil conservation.
Grade Interest level:
3-6
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 1.0 136047
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780778754015
9780778754145
Publisher:
St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub., c2010.
