4.02 Soil Conservation

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Preventing erosion by using rip rap, fabrics, straw vegetation or concrete on a roadside bank

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stabalizing

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Planting on the contour is a soil conservation method known as

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planting across the slope of a hill

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on level, sandy land planting rows of trees to prevent soil erosion is called

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windbreak

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planting vegetation on excavated soil to hold it in place

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cover crop

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rill erosion leads to what type of erosion?

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gully

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planting different crops on the same land the next year.

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rotating crops

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on sloping land, planting different crops in alternate sections

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strip cropping

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Land slippage is soil erosion that occurs where? Options: level clayey soils, bottomlands near rivers, sloping water saturated soils, sandy soils near the tree line

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sloping water saturated soils

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Small channels that form on sloping lands

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rill erosion

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The major cause of soil loss in North America

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Water Erosion