Use the following information to answer the question. The teacher asks the class to use cups to collect soil samples from the school yard. The students collect the soil from two locations near the sidewalk.The students record their observations of the soil samples in the table below.What explains why the composition of the soil samples is so different?

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Use the following information to answer the question. The teacher asks the class to use cups to collect soil samples from the school yard. The students collect the soil from two locations near the sidewalk.<br><img src='https://fatskills.com/images2/science-questions/OH-5-2010-2.PNG'><br>The students record their observations of the soil samples in the table below.<br><img src='https://fatskills.com/images2/science-questions/OH-5-2010-3.PNG'><br>What explains why the composition of the soil samples is so different?