Soil Science

The protection of soil against erosion is called ____.

• Soil pollution

• Soil conservation

• weathering

• Soil ploughing

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The process of water or wind carrying away top loose soil is called ____________

• Flowing away

• Blowing away

• erosion

• conservation

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Soil conservation done on hill slopes _____________

• Ploughing

• terracing

• Erosion

• All of the above

What is weathering?

• the process of moving sediment from one place to another
• the breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface
• the remains of decayed plants and animals

What is humus?

• the bottom layer of soil
• the largest particle that makes up soil
• remains of decayed plants and animals in the soil

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The solid rock that forms Earth's surface is called...

• sediment.
• bedrock.
• clay.
• sand.

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Human activities that increase soil erosion include

• mining

• overgrazing by cattle

• afforestation

• Both mining and overgrazing by cattle

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Human activities that increase soil erosion include

• mining

• overgrazing by cattle

• afforestation

• Both mining and overgrazing by cattle

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A wall or fence of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area is known as

• barrier

• step farming

• Dam

• Embankment

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Soil is mostly conserved by _______

• afforestation

• deforestation

• making dams

• overgrazing

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