Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4439
Points per Word
0.000225
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Science of Soil
Description
We can thank soil for most of what we know about both the ancient and prehistoric worlds. It is soil that turned plants and animals into fossils and then preserved them so we can discover them today.