eli5: What is soil, technically?

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Are soil and dirt one and the same, and is it possible to run out of either? Hypothetically speaking, is there a set amount of soil on Earth? How does more soil get generated?

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My Soils professor yelled “The only dirt in this classroom is under your fingernails, we study SOIL!”
That said, soil is decomposed rock, if it has organic material in it, it’s Top Soil. You only build with soil.

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