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This google site page relates to Page 4 in your work booklet.
This google site page relates to Page 4 in your work booklet.
Using the videos and images below in your own words answer the questions on geology and soil abiotics on page 4 of your work booklet.
Using the videos and images below in your own words answer the questions on geology and soil abiotics on page 4 of your work booklet.
1. Describe how local geology has influenced soil types at this site.
1. Describe how local geology has influenced soil types at this site.
intro.movSoil Colour:
Soil Colour:
soil colour.MOVSoil Texture:
Soil Texture:
soil texture.MOVsoil map bruns.JPGSoil type: look at this soil map from SEED and record which soils are found at Brunswick heads.
Soil type: look at this soil map from SEED and record which soils are found at Brunswick heads.
SEED is a great resource to help understand how soil is influenced by geology: SEED The Central Resource for Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data in NSW
Parent material:
Parent material:
The parent rocks of the soil here are broken down, weathered Rhyolite and Basalt along with metasediment from alluvial erosion processes.
The parent rocks of the soil here are broken down, weathered Rhyolite and Basalt along with metasediment from alluvial erosion processes.
Organic matter:
Organic matter:
organic matter.MOV2. Make notes on how rock type, soil,and vegetation interact. These are known as the Edaphic Factors.
2. Make notes on how rock type, soil,and vegetation interact. These are known as the Edaphic Factors.
Edaphic factors are those factors related to the soil. The qualities that may characterise the soil include drainage, texture, or chemical properties such as pH. Edaphic factors affect the organisms (bacteria, plant life etc.) that define certain types of ecosystems
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