Land Use Unit 5 APES

What is the dissolving of material from upper layers of soil and moving the material downwards?

• Intercropping

• Terracing

• Agroforestry

• Leaching

An agricultural practice that prevents erosion on steep slopes?

• Intercropping

• Terracing

• Leaching

• Contour Farming

Industrialized Agriculture requires large inputs of

• water

• fossil fuels

• inorganic fertilizers

• pesticides

• all of these

An agricultural practice that reduces erosion and increases soil fertility?

• Intercropping

• Terracing

• Leaching

• Contour Farming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Planting corn next to N restoring alfalfa?

• Intercropping

• Terracing

• Agroforestry

• Leaching

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

best type of soil for growing vegetation

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Humus

• loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Partially decomposed organic matter found in the O horizon

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Humus

• loam

This soil composition would hold the most water

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Humus

• loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This soil composition would hold the most water

• Clay

• Silt

• Sand

• Humus

• loam

Biggest drawback to using chemicals to control pests

• killing of other organisms

• magnification in the food chain

• their persistance in nature

• development of genetic resistance

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3