Earth's Soil

What is the most important reason that soil is a valuable natural resource on Earth

• children like to play in the dirt

• plants grow in the soil

• if didn't have soil the rain would stop

• without soil, we wouldn't have beaches

soil is created when_________________.

• earthquakes occur

• it mixes with water

• rocks are broken down

• glaciers melt

Plants grow best in soil that contains

• dead plant and animal life

• living animals

• oxygen

• rocks

Why is soil a nonrenewable resource?

• you cant go to the garden center and by it

• it takes many years for rocks to break down and become soil

• Erosion carries soil away

• The roots of plants help hold soil in place.

Which is not a natural resource?

• soil

• water

• air

• factories