perhaps a silly question...What is dirt?

[GOPisBAD]

Soil, Ground, Earth, the brown stuff we plant things in. What exactly is it? What is it composed of, I suppose it the more appropriate question.

[crispini]

1. Decomposing plant materials

and broken down rocks (sand), and clay, and worm poop, and decomposing insects and so on, in various proportions.

[aden_nak]

11. When I read that, I saw "warm poop". Ewww.

[SarahB]

18. I was just going to say..

ground up rocks and minerals and worm poop. That's pretty much what decomposing stuff is- poop from worms and bacterial waste. Makes for good tomatoes though. :9

[notadmblnd]

2. That is soil

dirt is what comes from not keeping things clean.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. concentrated evil.

Just like the stuff that comes out of your butt.

[tsakshaug]

4. soil science!

soil is the stuff that plants grow in...dirt is what is on your clothes.

soil consists of mineral matter- sand silt and clay (these are grain sizes) the proportions depend on the rock from which it comes from. Organic matter-decomposing plants and animals and waste from the animals.

You can dig down into soil and see the various layers
the top is the O or organic layer then the A, B and C layers...

Oh I could go on for hours! I have slides too!!

[billyskank]

6. So why does my washing machine have program for "heavy soil"?

;)

[tsakshaug]

9. wrong usage

brought on by the mainstream media

[billyskank]

10. Not the mainstream media!

Damn them! :D

[Shell Beau]

13. Well you can soil your linens if it's been a rough night.

:hurts:

[notadmblnd]

20. You use that on the days you work outside in the dirt

nt

[norml]

5. Soil Composition Diagram

[SoCalDem]

7. Silty Loam sounds like a band name

:)

or a Soap Starlet:)

[tsakshaug]

8. pop a little soil in the mouth

to distinguish between silt and clay!

[tsakshaug]

12. layers

[crispini]

15. Regolith! Now there's a GREAT band name!

WE ARE REGOLITH! PREPARE TO RAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWK!

[leftofthedial]

14. Brown 25

from Uranus Corporation

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. Oooooohhh, I been dirt.

But I don't care.

[tsakshaug]

17. I used to have a neat slide

with soil forming factors. Had a cow with a steaming pile behind it....
students loved it...or were just humoring me

[ghostsofgiants]

19. God mad Dirt and Dirt'll but ya ass