Conserving Land and Soil - Geosphere

Desertification can

• only be found in Africa

• be found around the world

• only be found in Asia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Environmental causes of land degradation include...

• poverty, urban sprawl, deforestation
• deforestation, bio-industries, poverty
• overgrazing, deforestation, agriculture
• agriculture, urban sprawl, poverty

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which major category of water use would include watering grain to feed to livestock?

• personal

• agricultural

• industrial

• electrical

What are the 3 uses of land that changes the geoshphere?

• Agriculture

• Develoment

• Mining

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which sphere is being impacted the most when dealing with conserving land and soil?

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Farming practices caused soil to become dried out and hold no moisture. We would tend to lose soil because of this. This became a problem called

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The farm practice that reduces soil erosion in which farmers plants crops in strips and grasses between those stripped rows.

• strip cropping

• contour plowing

• windbreaks

• terracing

• conservation plowing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The farm practice that reduces soil erosion in which farmers plant rows of trees along the edges of the farm to reduce damage due to winds and help catch eroding soil.

• strip cropping

• windbreaks

• conservation plowing

• contour plowing

• terracing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The farm practice that reduces soil erosion in which farmers build flat terraces on steep hillsides which slows down runoff

• strip cropping

• windbreaks

• terracing

• contour plowing

• conservation plowing

The farm practice that reduces soil erosion in which farmers plow only the subsoil leaving the dead stalks and weeds from previous year's crop to hold the topsoil in place.

• strip cropping

• windbreaks

• conservation plowing

• contour plowing

• terracing