Soar Valley Geography

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After the exercise in class today where you we worked in groups to create a diagram of the soil profile in a coniferous forest, we wanted to know the answers to the following questions…

(1) What is a hard pan?

(2) Why do pine needles take so long to decay?

(3) What is leaching?

(4) What is found in the A+B horizons?

(5) What are redeposited clays?

(6) What is humus? 

So the homework is easy, using the sheet provided in class - stick it in your book and answer the questions your not sure about. Next lesson we’ll have a look at the kind of thing your likely to get in the exam on this part of the topic.