Soil Conservation

anything in the environment that humans use

• natural resource

• soil conservation

• sod

• Dust Bowl

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the management of soil to prevent its destruction

• natural resource

• soil conservation

• sod

• Dust Bowl

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

thick mass of tough roots at the surface

• natural resource

• soil conservation

• sod

• Dust Bowl

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

• natural resource

• soil conservation

• sod

• Dust Bowl

plowing fields along the curves of the slope to prevent soil loss

• contour plowing

• conservation plowing

• crop rotation

• sod

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

dead stalks from the previous year's crop are left in the ground to hold the place of the soil (plowing it under)

• contour plowing

• conservation plowing

• crop rotation

• sod

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

planting different crops in a field each year in order to avoid using all the nutrients in the soil.

• contour plowing

• conservation plowing

• crop rotation

• sod

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4