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• Soil
• Soil is a natural body.
• It consists of mineral and organic solids, liquids, and gases.
• It occurs at the land surface.
• It can support rooted plants.
• Soil develops through interacting environmental factors.
• These factors include climate, organisms, relief, parent material, and time.
• Its resulting properties differ from those of the original material.
• Soil science, or pedology, studies this resource.