Soil made from a mixture of sand, silt, and clay-the best soil to grow plants.

• sandy soil

• loam

• clay

• sub soil

the trace or remains of something that lived long ago.

• fossil

• subsoil

• bedrock

• clay soil

The layer of solid rock that is below the topsoil, subsoil, and weathered rock.

• top soil

• sub soil

• bedrock

• clay soil

Soil with the smallest grains, holds a lot of water.

• clay

• subsoil

• fossil

• loam

soil with a lot of grains and holds very little water.

• clay

• top soil

• sandy soil

• humus

A mixture of minerals, weathered rocks, and other things.

• loam

• top soil

• humus

• soil

Bits of decayed plants and animals- add nutrients to the soil.

• Humus

• bedrock

• worms

• topsoil

Bedrock is the very bottom layer of soil.

Subsoil is the top layer of soil.

Loam soil is the best for growing plants.