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WorksheetsErosion and Soil
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a major cause of soil erosion?
Running Water
Overgrazing
Agricultural Activities
What is soil erosion?
A naturally occurring process that affects all land forms
Type of soil
A time period
The wearing away of top soil
What is soil?
It is the loose material in which plants can grow in the upper layer of Earth.
It is the leaf that grows on the plant.
It is the food that can be found inside the seed.
True or False: Soil takes very little time to form.
True
False
Why would people go through the trouble to terrace (cut steps) on steep hillsides or mountainsides?
to slow down rain erosion
to make it easier to cut grass
it looks prettier
A city crew cleans the storm drains as a storm is approaching. Why is this management important? Storm drains...
are a wall that keeps the wind from blowing soil away.
allow water to quickly move underground causing less erosion.
keep ocean waves from carrying sand away from the beach.
A tropical storm is approaching the coast. What methods do they use to protect them from rising waters from the storm?
dams
seawalls
sand dunes
windbreaks
The Grand Canyon is an example of erosion and weathering.
True
False
What happens during soil erosion?
The land becomes infertile
The land becomes ready to harvest
As the steepness of a slope increases, the erosion of materials on the slope is expected to:
decrease
increase
remain constant.
