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Formation of soil from parent rock occurs through a process called __.

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Weathering is a part of the geological cycle where the parent rock (parent material), which normally has a large influence on the nature of the resulting soil, is broken into small pieces and grains, as a result of natural calamities like rainfall, ice formation, or the action of living things, such as algae and plant roots.

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