NRCS Soil Food Web and Soil Biology Primer. This information has been archived but is still valuable. It provides information on the soil food web and the importance of soil organisms for soil health.

Discipline
Life Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Biology
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Soil Food Web
Biodiversity
Soil Organisms
Organic Matter
Organisms
Soil Biology

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared.

6-8 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
6-8

Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared.

6-8

Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared.

9-12 LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.

9-12 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
9-12

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.

9-12

Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.