Ch. 8.1 Conserving Land and Soil Quiz 19-20 Distance

Large areas of land are developed as more people move into the cities...

• Land Reclamation
• Urbanization
• Technology
• none of these

In order to have more land for farming, people cut down woodlands to harvest timber...

• Urbanization
• Desertification
• Deforestation
• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The advance of desert like conditions... soil becomes depleted of nutrients...

• Desertification
• Deforestation
• Drought
• Urbanization

A period of less than normal rainfall is called a...

• Storm
• desert
• Land reclamation
• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The act of restoring land to a more productive state is called...

• Land Management
• Land Reclamation
• Ecosystem
• None of these

The process of moving soil by wind, water, and ice is called...

• Creep
• Slump
• weathering
• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Nutrients that help crops grow better that are applied by farmers are called...

• Fertilizers
• Pesticides
• SPF
• All of these

The soil can become less fertile in the process called...

• Soil erosion
• Top soil
• Nutrient depletion
• All of these

The top layer of dead leaves and grasses is called...

• Humus
• Litter
• POM
• Top soil

A mixture of rock fragments and nutrients, water, air and dead stuff is called...

• Humus
• Sub Soil
• Top Soil
• Litter