Soil Erosion

Which substance is a mixture of organic matter & weathered rock?

• Schist

• Soil

• Limestone

• Granite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is located beneath soil layers?

• Bedrock

• Humus

• Lava

• Tundra

The 4 agents of erosion are________

• air, fire, water, & metamorphism

• wind, water, gravity, & ice

• topographic, sedimentary, igneous, & deposition

• igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, & gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Q7. 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Soil supports the growth of plants by holding their _________.

• leaves

• stem

• roots

• none of these

The second layer is called ________

• topsoil

• bedrock

• subsoil

• soil profile

Which of the following does not cause soil erosion?

• deforestation

• overgrazing

• growing plants

• none of these

A large amount of humus is present in _________.

• subsoil

• bedrock

• topsoil

• all of these

Cutting down of trees on large scale is called __________

• afforestation

• soil erosion

• deforestation

• all of these