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All soils come from a parent rock. The parent rock is broken down due to weathering, will eventually after many years will become a fine crumbly soil. Different parent rocks produce different soils.

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What is the difference between residual and transported parent materials?

Residual soil remains on top of its parent rock while transported is moved from its place of origin.


How does parent rock affect soil?

Soil comes from parent rock. Due to weathering the action of plant roots etc the parent rock is broken up and over many years gets incorporated into the soil. So the composition of the parent rock will affect the soil that develops over it. The soil could be lacking in certain minerals due to the parent rock. The soil could be acidic or basic due to the parent rock. But there is more to soil composition than just the parent rock.


How does rock affect soil?

Soil comes from parent rock. Due to weathering the action of plant roots etc the parent rock is broken up and over many years gets incorporated into the soil. So the composition of the parent rock will affect the soil that develops over it. The soil could be lacking in certain minerals due to the parent rock. The soil could be acidic or basic due to the parent rock. But there is more to soil composition than just the parent rock.


What is in weathered parent rock?

soil is in weathered parent rock


Why is bed rock called the parent of soil?

Bed rock is called the parent of soil because soil formation begins when bed rock is broken down by weathering . Weathering breaks the parent rock into smaller and smaller peices later on the weathered rock is broke down into soil particles. :-)


How do you put the word parent rock in a sentence?

the parent rock helps protect soil


What is the soil that remains above its parent rock?

residual soil


What is the ideal pHof soil?

It depends on the parent rock, as to what the PH of the soil is. You get acdic soil, and alkaline soil, and in between. However, most soils PH is around 6.5 - 7.


Soil that is blown or washed away from its parent rock?

transported soil


What is difference between soil and rock?

The rock is a natural resource on land. Soil is comprised of rocks which had been eroded due to uneven heating or cooling.


Is dirt a mineral?

A typical soil is over 90 percent mineral, made of tiny fragments of broken-down rock. Take a close look at some soil-better yet, rub some between your fingers-and you may notice tiny grains of quartz, feldspar, and shiny mica, or pearly dolomite, or dark basalt from lava flows. When soil is poor, you can often blame the parent-parent rock, that is. A soil's parent rock is the rock from which the soil formed, and it determines the nutrient richness of the resulting soil.


Soil is formed from?

soil is formed by weathering because the bigger rock break the little rock and makes soil.