As a society, is our reliance on soils likely to increase or decrease in the decades ahead? Explain. Discuss how a soil, a natural body, differs from soil, a material that is used in building a...

As a society, is our reliance on soils likely to increase or decrease in the decades ahead? Explain. Discuss how a soil, a natural body, differs from soil, a material that is used in building a roadbed.

What are the six main roles of soil in an ecosystem? For each of these ecological roles, suggest one way in which interactions occur with another of the six roles.