IMPORTANCE OF SOIL VIDEO CW

Before 1960, the Aral Sea was one of the how many largest lakes in the world?

• 4

• 6

• 3

• 5

What rivers supplied water to the Aral Sea?

• Nile and Amazon

• Amu Darya and Syr Darya

• Mississippi and Missouri

• Yangtze and Yellow

What caused the Aral Sea to begin shrinking in the 1980s?

• Only a trickle of new river water made it to the sea

• A dam was built

• Global warming

• It was a natural cycle

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What was left behind as the Aral Sea water evaporated?

• Salt

• Plastic waste

• Boats

• Fish

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What did the salinization block?

• Plants from being able to absorb water and nutrients

• Birds from flying

• Sunlight

• Fish from swimming

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What environmental effect did the shrinking of the Aral Sea have?

• Massive dust storms

• Cleaner air

• More fish in the sea

• Increased rainfall

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What is the parent material in soil composition?

• Animals

• Plants

• Rocks

• Water

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What does humus provide to the soil?

• Energy and nutrients

• Water

• Color and texture

• Air

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What is the O horizon made of?

• Sand

• Rocks

• Clay

• Humus

What is the A horizon commonly called?

• Regolith

• Bedrock

• Topsoil

• Subsoil