Name and describe 5 soil properties

color

Soil can be described based on its color (yellow brown red), how light or dark it is, and how intense the color is.

Texture

Ranges from bolder size pieces to very fine clay

Structure

Describes the shape of soil clumps and how the soil particles are held together. It can look grainy, blocky, or prism shaped.

Consistency

Hardness or softness of soil measuered by its consitstency varies with moisture for example some soils have soft, slippery consiststency when there moist.

Infiltration

How fast water enters soil

Soil moisture

Amount of water in soil pours is its moisture contents scientits detemine weight loss by drying samples in a oven at 100c the weight difference is the amount mouisture in the soil

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