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5 WAYS IN WHICH SOILS DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER

Soil is vital to life and essential for growing most of the food we consume. Many soil experts describe soil as a natural body that forms as the result of these five factors: climate, organisms (plants, animals, and microorganisms), relief (shape of the landscape), parent materials, and time. It is these five factors that define soil and show how soil types differ from each other.