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Soil Formation

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What needs to get mixed with powdered rock for it to become soil?

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Biotic material

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Minerals

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Rocks of a different kind

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Nutrients

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Solution

The correct option is A Biotic material
The weathering of rocks turns them into powdery material but this powdery material is not soil. To turn such powdery material into soil, it is necessary that biotic material gets mixed into it.

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