Soil also functions by maintaining the quantity and quality of air by allowing CO2 to escape and fresh O2 to enter the root zone.
[6] Soils are the environment in which seeds grow, they provide heat, nutrients and water that are available to use to nurture plants and animals.
The assistance of soil in the decomposition of dead plants, animals, and organism by transforming their remains into simpler mineral forms, can be utilized by other living things.
[6] An attachment to home soils or a sense of place is a cultural attribute developed mores strongly in certain people.
Soils has been around since the creation of earth, it can act as a factor in determining how humans have migrated in the past.
[6] Soil also act as an earth cover that protects and preserve the physical artifacts of the past that can allow us to better understand cultural heritage.
[7] The conditions of the soil must be firm and solid to provide a good base for roads and highways to be built on.