The functional properties analysed were the type and content of organic matter, pH, total C, N, P and S, dry bulk density, water retention capacity, aggregate stability and load-bearing capacity.

Silt, clay and sand are the three main types of soil.

Soil provides many services and many products. The plants that are grown in soil can be used for food, clothing, recreation, aesthetics, building materials, medicines, and more. The minerals that make up soil particles can be used for dyes, make-ups, and medicines, or shaped into bricks, plates, and vases.

Most soils have three major horizons — the surface horizon (A), the subsoil (B), and the substratum (C). Some soils have an organic horizon (O) on the surface, but this horizon can also be buried. The master horizon, E, is used for subsurface horizons that have a significant loss of minerals (eluviation).

One part of soil is rock that has been broken down over time by wind, water, and chemical processes. Another material is called organic matter. It is made up of decaying plant and animal matter. Water and air are the other ingredients in soil.

The plants that are grown in soil can be used for food, clothing, recreation, aesthetics, building materials, medicines etc. Soil has vital nutrients for plants. Clay soil is used in making ceramics, or pottery. Soil is commonly used in antibiotics.

The importance of soil is mentioned below: The fertile soil helps in the growth and development of the plants. The plants thus produced are healthy and provide food, clothing, furniture, and medicines. It supports many life forms including bacteria, fungi, algae, etc.

Soil is loose material which lies on top of the land. It has many things in it, like tiny grains of rock, minerals, water and air. Soil also has living things and dead things in it: “organic matter”. Soil is important for life on Earth.

Soil is the ground or the surface of the Earth. An example of soil is the dirt that plants grow in. A particular kind of earth or ground. Sandy soil.