Soil Conservation Notes

Multiple Choice

What is a natural resource?

• anything man made

• anything in the environment that humans use

• anything in the world that is made that humans use

• does not help humans survive so not important

Multiple Choice

Who is completely dependent on farmers?

• tractors

• cars

• miners

• grocery stores

Multiple Choice

Which type of soil is needed for plants to grow?

• bad

• overused

• no soil

• good

Multiple Choice

What happens with their is not enough rain to keep the top soil moist?

• it stays put

• nothing special happens

• wind erodes it and blows it away

• there is no such thing as top soil

Multiple Choice

Has the wind ever significantly eroded the top soil in the United States?

• Yes in 1930

• yes in 2003

• No it has never happened in the US

• No, but has happened in other parts of the world.

Multiple Choice

How is most top soil held in place?

• it isn't held in place

• plants and their roots hold the top soil in place

• nothing holds the soil down

• animals help the top soil stay in place

Multiple Choice

What is soil conservation?

• the management of land to prevent the loss of resources

• the management of soil to help with the destruction

• the management of soil to prevent destruction

• the management of land to help the farmers make more money

Multiple Choice

Who helps with soil conservation the most?

• people

• dogs

• plants

• earth worms

Multiple Choice

What is crop rotation?

• When you change the type of crop you plant every year

• when you change the type of soil used for the plants

• when you put a crop on a different plot of land each year

• when you rotate the crops around the plot of land.

Multiple Choice

What is contouring plowing?

• when farmers tour the lands and check on the crops

• when farmers use things found in contouring makeup kits to help crops grow

• when farmers plow their fields along curves of a slope

• when farmers use straight lines through hills.

Multiple Choice

Why is contour plowing a good idea?

• water runs straight down hill

• it looks pretty

• it allows water to run in many different directions

• it allows water to run into natural ridges and channels and not to flow straight downhill.

Multiple Choice

What is conservation plowing?

• When a farmer disturbs the soil and it's plant cover as little as possible

• removing as much of the dead plant as possible

• removing all vegetation

• when the farmer disturbs as much of the land as possible

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve the soil?

• contour plowing

• conservation act of 1987

• conservation harvesting

• conservation plowing