Short tutorial-style resource relating soil formation to biomes. Includes good photos.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
9-12
Lesson Area
Soils and Climate
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Soil Formation
biomes
Soils and Climate

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Energy flows and matter cycles within and among Earth's systems, including the sun and Earth's interior as primary energy sources. Plate tectonics is one result of these processes.
9-12 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Feedback effects exist within and among Earth's systems.