Land Soil and Water Resources- Grade 8

Land can be classified as

• On the basis of relief

• On the basis of development of that area

• On the basis of ownership of the land

• All of the above

The forested land area 22.6%

• True

• False

There are only:

Black soil, Alluvial soil, Red soil, Laterite Soil

• True

• False

What is land degradation?

• Over exploitation of land resources causes of land degradation

• Decline productivity of cultivated land or forest land

• Land degradation happens due to the cause of land slides

  soil erosion and desertification

What are the factors responsible for degradation of land

• Surface mining and mining of abandoned sites

• Burning trees for agriculture

• Excessive exploitation of land

• All of the above

What are the main layers of the soil and arrange it in order

(‼️ Type EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS)

(a)  

Which soil layer is dark in colour and have a fine texture.

• Topsoil

• Subsoil

• Parent material

• Bedrock

Some methods to conserve soil

• Mulching

• Countour building

• Plugging

• Terrace farming

This Method is known as?

• Mulching

• Shelter belts

• Terrace farming

• Everything a synonym of the answer

In which soil iron oxides are present

• Red soil

• Laterite Soil

• Arid Soil

• Black Soil