It is equal to an employee's rate of basic pay for his or her position (see definition of rate of basic pay) (exclusive of any premiums or differentials paid at less than the basic rate) except for an employee who is authorized annual premium pay for scheduled standby duty or AUO.
All soil is full of life, and good soils are teeming with it. Plants and animals help keep the soil fertile. Plant roots tunnel through the soil and break it up, and decaying plants form humus. Burrowing animals mix the soil; the excrete of animals contribute nutrients and improve soil structure.
soil is very important because without it we would not have plants, and it also helps animals survive because many animals eat soil components. Soil contains thousands of in â¦ sects, bacteria and worms etc. It has minerals and humus in it which feeds some of the bacteria, insects and worms etc. and plants.