Unit 4B Earth Stewardship

Unit 4B Earth Stewardship

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Poll

Where is your favorite place to be?

• MOUNTAINS

• PIEDMONT

• COAST

Multiple Choice

Basalt rock that makes up the ocean floor comes from the spreading of mid ocean ridges (divergent plates). Which type of rock is formed on the ocean floor from sand, dirt and settling of dead organisms?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic rock

Multiple Choice

Gradual destruction of something by wind , water, or other natural agents.

• erosion

• weathering

Multiple Choice

Surface of rock broken down to smaller pieces and carried away.

• erosion

• weathering

Multiple Choice

which is NOT an example of erosion

• a glacier moves rocks

• cold winter causes cracks in the sidewalk

• rain washed away soil

• wind carries away dust

Multiple Select

Which statement is true?

• Weathered parent rock is the largest component of soil.

• Weathered parent rock is the smallest component of soil.

Multiple Choice

A farmer planted Corn last year & will plant wheat this year.

• cover crop

• crop rotation

• conservation plowing

• terracing

Multiple Choice

When a farmer plants winter rye on a field to help put nutrients like nitrogen back in the soil.

• contour plowing

• cover crop or vegetative crop

• crop rotation

Multiple Choice

What was a major factor that lead to the Dust Bowl?

• soil conservation

• bad farming practices

• crop rotation

• vegetative cover

Multiple Choice

Which environment would produce soil fastest?

• the artic

• an arid desert

• an area with high erosion

• a warm region with good rainfall

Multiple Choice

Plowing along the contour of the land to minimize soil erosion

• contour plowing

• crop rotation

• conservation plowing

Multiple Choice

When you take care of something. You are

• a hippie.

• a steward.

• an adult.