Soil Degradation and Conservation

What is the decline in the soil health status?

• soil degradation

• soil erosion

• deforestation

• Overgrazing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a factor that leads to soil degradation?

• Deforestation

• Overgrazing

• Excessive use of pesticides

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Check the items that are responsible for soil erosion. More than one can be selected.

• Plants

• Water

• Animal

• Wind

Which is an example of erosion caused by human activity?

• Water erosion

• WInd erosion

• overgrazing

• Ice erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of erosion is shown in the image?

• Wind erosion

• overcropping

• Ice erosion

• Water erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of water erosion is shown in the image?

• Sheet erosion

• Gully erosion

• Rill erosion

• Streambank erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of water erosion is shown in the image?

• landslide

• Streambank erosion

• Sheet erosion

• Gully erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of erosion is shown in the image?

• Wind erosion

• overcropping

• Ice erosion

• Water erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which anthropogenic erosion is caused by cutting down trees and leaving the landscape bare?

• Deforestation

• Overcropping

• Overgrazing

• Over harvesting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the name of the soil conservation method illustrated in the image?

• Catch crop

• Terracing

• Strip planting

• Crop rotation