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After successful completion of this Lesson you will be able to answer:
1. How the soil is defined based on its usage?
1. How the soil is defined for growing of crops?
1. How a soil functions?
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
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Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
The definition of a soil varies depending on how the soil is used.
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Roll the mouse over any of the above buttons for a definition of a soil.
Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
The definition of a soil varies depending on how the soil is used.
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
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Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
All of these definitions of a soil are correct in their own sense.
But, in this Lesson, let us define and understand a soil in the perspective of growing crops in the interest of a farmer.
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Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
Upper most crust of the earth is called soil.
Soil is a natural body made by nature and not by man.
Soil is a living organism. With proper management, the soil thrives, breathes, and drinks in the falling rain.
This natural resource supports plant life and thereby all living beings on this earth.
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Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
Soil functions to:
• Sustain plant and animal productivity;
• Regulate water flow through the environment;
• Oppose (buffer) environmental changes in air quality, water quality and global climate;
• Support human health and habitation.
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This concludes Lesson 1- What is soil? - in this Module.
Next Lesson- What soil is composed of? - helps you to learn about the composition of a soil and the proportion of these constituents.
In the subsequent Lessons in this Module, the properties of a soil are briefly described.
Select Lesson 2 from Module I contents
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
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Soil is the debris covering the rocks or minerals which s/he must quarry.
The definition:
Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
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Soil is material on which a roadbed is to be placed.
Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
The definition:
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Soil is a substance which is soft or hard for her/his flower garden.
Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
The definition:
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Soil is a place which s/he can use to produce food and fiber.
Mining Engineer
Highway Engineer
Homeowner
Farmer
Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics
Lesson 1: What is soil?
Course on Soil and Soil Health
Module I: About Soil
The definition: