What is top soil? How do living things help form topsoil?

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Topsoil is the upper, outermost layer of soil, usually the top 2 inches to 8 inches. It has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs. Four elements constitute the composition of soil.

Animals burrowing and plant roots growing down into the soil create the pores in the soil for the air and the water.


The organic matter in the soil comes from the decay of dead plants and animals. Earthworms, bacteria and fungi are just a few of the organisms that live in the soil, feed on the organic matter and decay or recycle plant nutrients. All of the organisms that live in the soil are such an important part of the continuous, natural process of decomposing organic materials and preparing the soil for future plant growth


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The answer is C. salt mrash

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Select the item if it helps organisms keep their shape.
A.bone
B.smooth muscle
C.skeletal muscle

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A and C keep their shape 
The answer is A. 

Smooth muscles and Skeletal muscles are tissue that move, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

How can glaciers cause deposition

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Glaciers can cause deposition by transferring sediment from place to place as it slowly moves along. 
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What determines whether a metamorphic rock is foliated or non-foliated?

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The areas of texture, appearance and the type of pressure applied during crystallization determines whether a metamorphic rock is foliated or non-foliated. Foliated rock is formed if the pressure applied to the recrystallizing rock is unequal. If the pressure applied to the recrystallizing rock is equal all over, a nonfoliated rock will be created.


foliated metamorphic rocks have a layered or banded appearance that is produced by exposure to heat and directed pressure, non-foliated metamorphic rocks do not have a layered or banded appearance. 

Anole lizards mainly eat small insects. Suppose an anole lizard saw a bright red butterfly and ate it, but was ill afterwards. For the rest of its life, the anole lizard refused to eat red butterflies even when it was hungry. What type of behavior is the anole lizard exhibiting when it avoids hunting red butterflies? A. social behavior B. innate behavior C. territorial behavior D. learned behavior

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The answer is D. learned behavior.

A change in behavior of an organism takes place due an experience is called learning. Animals learn behavior in many ways. On such way is given the question that anole lizard ate bright red butterfly instead small insects which are its normal food and became ill. Anole lizard learned through experience that bright red insects are not its food. Thus, a learned behavior is one that an organism develops by encountering experience.    

D It is a learned behavior that the lizard developed based on experience.

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The shang dynasty's most important achievement was creating writing as it allowed them to have a fairy organized society and government.