| A | B |
|---|
| A soil with very small particle size | Clay |
| A soil with small particle size | Silt |
| A soil with large particle size | Sand |
| High in organic matter | Peat |
| A good fertile productive soil | Loam/Brown Earth |
| A soil which is permanantly frozen | Permafrost |
| This soil has an iron pan where nutrients have been leached out | Podzol |
| Found in Tropical Forest areas, low in nutrients and easily leached | Ferralite/Latisol |
