Science 6th - Soil Conservation

The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates

• lithosphere

• reservoir

• watershed

• topsoil

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Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers

• runoff

• reservoir

• watershed

• topsoil

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The land area that supplies water to a river system.

• watershed

• runoff

• reservoir

• topsoil

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The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

• erosion

• runoff

• lithosphere

• stewardship

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a crumbly, dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus, clay, and other minerals

• topsoil

• lithosphere

• soil quality

• reservoir

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a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

• reservoir

• watershed

• runoff

• stewardship

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