Soil

Have you ever tried to plant flowers or vegetables in your yard, but couldn’t get it to grow? Maybe it is because of the type of soil you have in your yard. For example, when we lived in North Carolina, our yard was mostly made of sandy soil or 100% sand in some areas. In today’s episode, Braden and I are going to talk about the different types of soil that he learned about this week at school. 

What is soil?

Soil is a mixture of humus, sediment, and dirt.

Humus is the organic parts of soil that come from decomposed animal remains.

Sediment is weathered rocks deposited at a certain area.

What are the different types of soil?

Sand, silt/topsoil, clay, and gravel

What is sand?

Sand is super small bits of sediment.

What is silt/topsoil?

Topsoil is a mixture of humus and dirt.

What is clay?

Clay is soil that’s particles stick together.

What is gravel?

Gravel is small rocks in big groups.

Fun facts:

• 1 Tablespoon of soil has more organisms in it than there are people on earth.
• It takes close to a hundred years for an inch of topsoil to form

Info from: audubon.com 

usda.gov