According to your textbook, soil is an interface between Earth's spheres, and all life owes its existence to soil. Explain why soil is considered to be so important
What will be an ideal response?
Soil is composed of both organic and inorganic materials that combine at the surface of the earth due to the interactions of the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere, and the biosphere. That makes it a major interface and it is soil that provides the minerals essential for plant growth and life.
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