Soil Conservation Methods

a method to maintain the fertility of the soil by protecting the soil from erosion and nutrient loss

• Soil Fertility

• Soil Conservation

• No Till farming

• Crop Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the process by which wind, water, glaciers, and gravity move (transport) soil from one location to another

• Hydrolysis

• Weathering

• Soil Erosion

• Crop Rotation

plowing fields along the curves of a slope to prevent soil loss

• No Till Farming

• Terracing

• Contour Plowing

• Farming

creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface, which reduces soil runoff from the slope.

• Terracing

• Contour Plowing

• Topographical Farming

• No till farming

Method for reducing soil erosion; plant stalks are left in the field after harvesting and the next year's crop is planted within the stalks without plowing.

• Contour plowing

• Terracing

• Fertilization

• No till farming

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a crop planted in the off-season to help prevent soil erosion and to return nutrients to the soil

• Crop Rotation

• Soil Conservation

• Cover Crop

• No till farming

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land

• No till farming

• Crop Rotation

• Cover Crop

• Terracing

A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

• Okies

• Tornado

• Dust Bowl

• Midwest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A measure of how well soil supports plant growth.

• Soil Fertility

• Soil Conservation

• PH Level

• Plant growth scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

identify the bottom most layer of soil

• subsoil

• top soil

• humus

• bedrock