A | B |
decaying plants and animals in soil | humus |
broken up pieces of rock are formed by | weathering |
type of soil with small particles and little room for air | clay soil |
type of soil with large air spaces and big particles | sandy soil |
best soil for growing plants | loam |
pH for cabbage | 6-7.5 |
pH for potatoes | 4.5-6 |
added to soil which is too acidic | lime |
freeze fracturing | physical weathering |
acid rain | chemical weathering |
tree roots | biological weathering |
lightning forms | nitrogen oxides |
reacts with substances | corrosive |
renders harmful gases harmless in cars | catalytic converters |
reduce acidic gas emissions from power stations | sulphur precipitators |
only survive in very clean air | lichens |
produced when water droplets form around smoke particles | smog |
O3 | ozone |
destroy the ozone layer | CFCz |
absorbs harmful UV rays from the sun | ozone layer |