Earth Science Part 2-Soils and Fossil

A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus

The top layer of soil

A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture

A component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry

Soil made up of an equal mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter

To hold inside, as soil does with water

what a surface looks like and feels like

A preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past

Information that supports an idea

the particular order of objects, movements, and events