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Soil Genesis and Development, Lesson 3 - Soil Forming Factors
Document Type
Learning Object
Date of this Version
2009
Citation
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary (PASSeL) Lesson
Abstract
This lesson identifies the five major soil-forming factors and discusses how they influence soil development.
Goal
The goal of this topic is for students to understand how the five major soil-forming factors influence soil development. To reach that goal, students should be able to meet the objectives listed below.
Objectives
- Identify the five factors of soil formation.
- Explain the effects of each of the factors on soil formation.
- Explain how types of parent material differ in terms of mode of deposition and degree of sorting.
Modules:
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Comments
Copyright © 2019 Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary. Used by permission.
JNRLSE approved 2009
This lesson was developed by Martha Mamo, Timothy Kettler, and Dennis McCallister at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Jim Ippolito, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS-NWISRL, Kimberly, Idaho, formerly at Colorado State University; Ron Reuter at Oregon State University; Christoph Geiss at Trinity College–Connecticut; and William Zanner at the University of Minnesota. Development of this lesson was supported by the National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (NSF-CCLI), Award Number DUE-0042603. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of NSF.