Soil Sleuths

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Soil Sleuths
The DIRT on Soil!
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Soil

• What makes up soil?
• How do living things use soil?

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• How are soils different from one another?
• How are they alike?

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Soil Investigation
Its a dirty job!
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Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
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Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
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Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
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Different Soil Types!
How does the soil look different?
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Geologists
Soil scientists investigating soil in Texas.
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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.
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Entisols Galveston Series Texas Gulf Coast
Alfisols Duval Series Rio Grande Plains
Histosols Allemands Series Southeast Texas
Aridisols Upton Series Trans-Pecos Region
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Vertisols Houston Black Series Blackland Praire
Inceptisols Weswood series Central Texas
Mollisols Pullman Series High Plains
Ultisols Bowie SeriesEast Texas
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Soil Sleuths
The DIRT on Soil!