Soil Sleuths The DIRT on Soil!
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Soil Sleuths
The DIRT on Soil!
•What makes up soil?
•How do living things use soil?
Soil
•How are soils different from one another?
•How are they alike?
Soil Investigation
It’s a dirty job!
Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
Soil scientists investigating soil in Texas.
Geologists
There are 12 soil orders (classifications) in the world. Of these, the state of Texas has nine. There are more than 1,300 soil series in Texas, and each series is classified in one of these nine soil orders.
Entisols: Galveston Series Texas Gulf Coast
Alfisols: Duval Series Rio Grande Plains
Aridisols: Upton Series Trans-Pecos Region
Histosols: Allemands Series
Southeast Texas
Inceptisols: Weswood series Central Texas
Vertisols: Houston Black Series Blackland Praire
Mollisols: Pullman Series High Plains
Ultisols: Bowie SeriesEast Texas
Soil Sleuths
The DIRT on Soil!
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