How is soil made?

Titre
How is soil made?

Heather L. Montgomery

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2010

Everybody digs soil

Description matérielle
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Note générale
"Guided reading: P"--Cover p. [4], paperback ed.

Table des matières
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.

Informations sur le programme
Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 1.0 136047

Terme de vedette-matière
Soils.
 
Soil ecology.
 
Soil microbiology.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Peppas, Lynn.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780778754015
 
9780778754145

Informations de publication
St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub., c2010.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Hardisty631.4 MONBook30512000062081Non-Fiction