Information on the basis of soil classification, including the soil forming factors, levels of taxonomy from series to order, and word origins for order, suborder, and great group classifications.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Basics
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Soil Taxonomy
soil forming factors
Parent Material
Soil Orders
Soil Suborders
Soil Great Groups
Soil Series
Name Origins
Climate
Topography
Time
Biology
Soil Classification
Soil Basics

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
9-12 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Feedback effects exist within and among Earth's systems.