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Soil Erosion

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are two basic causes/methods of Soil Erosion

a)

Wind and Water

b)

Glaciers and Land Slippage

c)

Slope and Soil Cover

d)

Geological and Accelerated

e)

None of the above

2.

All Accelerated erosion is caused by man made activity

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Wind Loss erosion happens

a)

When the ground is wet

b)

In dry conditions

c)

When there is a lot of ground cover

d)

Glaciers

e)

All of the above

4.

Newly plowed fields are a source of wind erosion

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Could be both

5.

Water erosion occurs

a)

By water carrying soil away

b)

Rain drops hitting bare soil

c)

Can be very slow or can happen very fast

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

6.

Land Slippage

a)

Occurs on sloping land

b)

Occurs on flat ground

c)

Is always a man made problem

d)

Occurs in dry conditions

e)

None of the above

7.

The order of soil erosion is

a)

Deposition, Transport, Detachment

b)

Wind, Water, Glacial, Land Slippage

c)

Slope, Transport, Soil Cover

d)

Detachment, Water, Wind

e)

Detachment, Transport, Deposition

8.

Detachment in Soil Erosion is

a)

When raindrops break up the soil

b)

Soil slips down a sloping area

c)

Is not a real thing

d)

When soil moves with water down a slope

e)

None of the above

9.

Deposition in Soil Erosion is

a)

Where the soil deposited when the water slows down

b)

When rain breaks up soil

c)

the movement of soil with water down a slope

d)

man made activity

e)

all of the above

10.

Four factors in soil erosion

a)

Structure and Texture, Slope and Soil cover

b)

Structure and Texture, Slope, Surface Roughness and Soil cover

c)

Wind Water Glaciers

d)

Land Slippage

e)

None of the above

11.

Surface Roughness speeds up erosion

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Could be both

12.

Soil Structure affects the soils ability to absorb water

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

None of the above

13.

A rough soil surface slows the downhill flow of water

a)

A. True

b)

B. False

c)

C. Is more effective if done on the contour of a hill

d)

D. Depends a great deal on the tillage practice used on the land

e)

A,C and D

14.

Soil cover can be

a)

Mulch

b)

Cover Crop

c)

Crop residue

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

15.

Wind Erosion

a)

causes air pollution

b)

produces highway safety hazards

c)

fills drainage ditches

d)

Occurs when persistent or frequent high-velocity winds and a dry, residue-free soil surface exist

16.

Splash erosion

a)

A. Can cause a soil grain to be thrown as far as 5 feet by a raindrop splash

b)

B. is a type of wind erosion

c)

C. is the direct movement of soil by splashing

d)

A and C

e)

None of the above

17.

Sheet erosion results when thin layers, or sheets, of soil are worn away

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Sheet erosion

a)

results when thin layers, or sheets, of soil are worn away

b)

Can occur on nearly level land or on sloping land.

c)

lWhen muddy water is moving off a field

d)

May go unnoticed since no channels form

e)

None of the above

19.

Rill Erosion

a)

occurs on sloping land

b)

where small channels are formed by running water.

c)

can be masked by normal tillage practices.

d)

None of the above

20.

Gully erosion

a)

occurs when rills continue to wash away and become more severe.

b)

More likely on steeper slopes and cannot be smoothed by normal tillage practices

c)

So large the equipment cannot cross them

d)

Usually begin to form near the bottoms of slopes or on steep slopes

e)

None of the above

21.

Soil erosion is the process by which soil is moved.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Natural (geologic) erosion occurs in nature without human influence. This type of erosion has changed the landscape of the earth

a)

True

b)

False