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प्रश्न
Explain the process of soil formation.
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उत्तर
Soil and its Formation:
- Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that together support life.
- Soils are produced from rocks through the processes of weathering and natural erosion.
- Water, wind, temperature changes, gravity, chemical interaction, living organisms, and pressure break down parent material.
- It leads to the formation of loose material.
- In the course of time, they further break down into fine particles and releases the locked minerals in the rock.
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Match the following
| A. | Granite | 1. | Bed rock |
| B. | Soil layer | 2. | Plutonic rock |
| C. | Barren island | 3. | Strip farming |
| D. | Soil conservation | 4. | Active Volcano |
