Soil Conservation Notes Quiz

What does it mean to conserve soil?

• To destroy or use more of it

• To protect or use less of it

• To ignore it completely

• To sell it

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What is crop rotation?

• Planting the same crop every year

• Planting different crops on the same field in different years

• Not planting any crops at all

• Planting crops only in winter

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What is the purpose of conservation tillage?

• To increase the number of times fields are plowed

• To reduce the number of times fields are tilled or plowed

• To eliminate plowing altogether

• To plow fields every day

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What are terraces used for in soil conservation?

• To make fields look pretty

• To hold rainwater and prevent it from running downhill

• To increase the speed of water flow

• To plant trees

What is contour plowing?

• Plowing in straight lines

• Plowing along the curves or contours of a slope

• Plowing only at night

• Plowing randomly

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What are windbreaks?

• Rows of trees planted to increase wind speed

• Rows of trees planted to break or reduce the force of wind

• Rows of trees planted to block sunlight

• Rows of trees planted to attract birds

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What soil conservation method is this image showing?

• Crop rotation

• Mining

• Windbreaks

• Terraces

Which activity is NOT a way to conserve soil?

• Crop rotation

• Conservation tillage

• Mining

• Contour plowing

What is one of the benefits of using terraces?

• They increase soil erosion

• They hold rainwater and prevent it from running downhill

• They make the land uneven

• They are only decorative

How does contour plowing help in soil conservation?

• It increases soil erosion

• It helps in plowing faster

• It reduces soil erosion by following the natural contours of the land

• It is only used for decoration

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