Science: TCi Unit 2: Ch 3&4: Earth's Systems

What techinique reduces soil erosion and helps soil hold moisture and nutrients>

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Contour Plowing

• Using Pesticides

A pollutant that farmers use on a regular basis?

• Fertilizer

• methane

• fossil fuels

• acid rain

What is the movement of sediment or soil from one location to another called?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Wind

What is the breaking down of rocks through interactions between Earth's Systems called?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Wind

When particles of soil or sand are carried by water, ice, or wind are dropped in another location we call ...

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Wind

What most LIKELY helped form this rock?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Select the systems that MOST LIKELY formed these islands?

• atmosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

Coal, crude oil & natural gas are examples of fossil fuels.

• True

• False

A toxic material is GOOD for the environment.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Plowing soil in curved bands is called CONTOUR PLOWING.

• TRUE

• FALSE