Soil Conservation

What soil conservation technique is this?

• Crop rotation
• contour plowing
• terracing
• wind break

Soil conservation includes all of the following EXCEPT_______.

• Desertification
• Contour plowing
• Terracing
• Crop rotation

Movement of soil and rocks from one place to another is called...

• weathering 
• humus
• erosion
• deposition

Anything that humans can use from the environment is called a 

• gift
• exploitation
• natural resource
• unnatural resource

What conservation method refers to cutting steeps hills into several smaller steps to prevent water erosion?

• windbreaks
• contour plowing
• terrace farming
• crop rotation

What soil conservation is this?

• Cover Crops
• terracing
• Crop Rotation
• contour plowing

Which type of soil conservation strategy is being  used in this picture?

• windbreakers
• contour farming
• planting of vegetation
• terracing

What does it mean to conserve our resources?

• to use them up quickly
• to carefully use them
• to make more of them
• to use plastics instead

What is plowing in curved rows that follow the shape of the land called?

• contour plowing
• soil
• subsoil
• terrace farming

Why is conserving soil important? Pick the best answer.

• animals depend on soil for their homes.
• It takes thousands of years to form soil from broken down rock making it a nonrenewable resource.
• Kids enjoy making mud pies and without soil, they could not do that.