Rocks are hard, nonliving materials that come from the Earth. People use rocks to build, carve statues, and extract salt. Soil is the top layer of the Earth, composed of clay, sand, and humus. Humus contains pieces of dead plants and animals. Soil supports plant growth by providing water and nutrients through clay, sand, and humus.

1. What can we observe about rocks and soil? By First grade teachers

3. Ways people use rocks. build Carve statues People get salt from rocks.

4. Soil: Top layer of Earth. Sand humus clay S oil Soil is made up of clay, sand, and humus.

5. clay sand Pieces of rock

6. Humus is pieces Of dead Plants and animals

7. People use soil to grow plants. Plants take water and other things they need from soil.

8. Worms and other animals may live In soil. Different things may be in soil….. Rocks Dead plants Roots