Question: describe soil and it’s roles in agriculture. address how long it takes for soil to form and the challenges of arid soil.

the earth is covered by soil, only a few dozen centimeters thick. it’s described as a “hot bed” of activity that is basically it’s very own ecosystem. the insects, worms, and the billions of bacteria living inside the soil, to digest mineral, animal, and plant matter left behind to create the nutrients needed for the plants that we need to survive to grow. these plants not only feed us, but the animals we eat as well. the process of creating 2.5 centimeters of soil in arid areas takes around 500 years.

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In julius caesar did portia use effective strategies when she tried to persuade brutus to tell her the truth?

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

Karen often finds that tasks come up unexpectedly during her day, and she has trouble figuring out how to rearrange her schedule because she changes it daily.  what should karen do to prevent these unexpected tasks from disrupting her day