1. Introduction

Soil is one of the fundamental components for supporting life on the planet. Soil can be defined as a mixture of rock particles, organic matter, air and water that occupies the uppermost few metres of the Earth’s crust.


Task:

Do you know what is soil made of? Do you know how does the soil profile look like? Do you know what is role and importance of soil? Do you know what are the soil forming processes?

If not, look in the Soil Atlas of Europe pages 10-17.