Question

what are the constituents of soil?

Answer 1

At a simple level - minerals of a vast potential range in both particle size and chemical composition, organic matter - both dead and decomposing and live material from almost any form of life, soluble salts of a potentially almost endless variety, and microbes - bacteria, fungi

Answer 2

Soils are a mixture of different things; rocks, minerals, and dead, decaying plants and animals. Soil can be very different from one location to another, but generally consists of organic and inorganic materials, water and air.

Answer 3

At a simple level - minerals of a vast potential range in both particle size and chemical composition, organic matter - both dead and decomposing and live material from almost any form of life, soluble salts of a potentially almost endless variety, and microbes - bacteria, fungi etc.