Soil pyramid
- The inorganic portion of the soil is made up of particles of varying size including gravel, sand, silt, and clay
- Soil texture classes are sand, loamy sands, sandy loams, loam, silt loam, silt, sandy clay loam, clay loam, silty clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay, and clay. Subclasses of sand are subdivided into coarse sand, sand, fine sand, and very fine sand. Subclasses of loamy sands and sandy loams that are based on sand size are named similarly.
- A soil triangle is a tool that can be used to determine the name of a soil if the percentages of sand, silt and clay are known.
- Soil scientists use the approximate ration of sand, silt, and clay to categorize soils and give them their names.
- Hummus, appropriate moisture content, living organisms in the top soil, physical structure of the soil makes up soil quality.
- Soil texture classes are sand, loamy sands, sandy loams, loam, silt loam, silt, sandy clay loam, clay loam, silty clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay, and clay. Subclasses of sand are subdivided into coarse sand, sand, fine sand, and very fine sand. Subclasses of loamy sands and sandy loams that are based on sand size are named similarly.
- A soil triangle is a tool that can be used to determine the name of a soil if the percentages of sand, silt and clay are known.
- Soil scientists use the approximate ration of sand, silt, and clay to categorize soils and give them their names.
- Hummus, appropriate moisture content, living organisms in the top soil, physical structure of the soil makes up soil quality.