'True or false?

(a) The texture of soil can be determined from its colour.

(b) Soil is formed by the fast flowing currents of water.

(c) Sandy soil has little capacity for holding water.

(a) True.

Soil contains sand, slit and clay. The size of these particles in the soil is the texture of the soil. Colour of the soil also determines the texture of the soil. For example soils high in iron are deep orange-brown, soils that are high in humus dark brown or black.

(b) False.

The fast flowing water currents is the agent of soil erosion. The breaking of rocks slowly by rainwater, winds and change in weather form soil.

(c) True

Sandy soil composed of large sized sand particles. The space between sandy soil particles is more that clay and loam soil. Therefore, sandy soil has little capacity to hold water.