Multimedia website demonstrating that each soil forms as a unique expression of five soil-forming factors (climate, vegetation, topography, parent material, and time) that work through soil processes.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Basics
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Soil Formation
Clorpt
Climate
Factor
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.