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What percentage of organic matter composition divides O and A horizons?
12%
What is the most common element in Earth's crust, and what percent does it compose?
Oxygen - 47%
What is the second most common element in Earth's crust, and what percent does it compose?
Silicon - 28%
What percent of soil bulk is organic material?
5%
What percent of soil bulk is mineral?
45%
What percent of soil bulk is pores?
50%
What percent of soil bulk is air?
25%
What percent of soil bulk is water?
25%
What horizon(s) can have granular structure?
A-horizon
How does porosity form?
-eluviation
-burrowing animals
-roots, when they die
-roots, when they pull out (tree throw)
-decaying organic matter