Bahid: Soil Health Quiz

Which of the following IS NOT the five critical functions?

• Regulating Water

• Sustaining plant and animal life

• Cycling nutrients

• Providing mental stability and support

• Filtering and buffering potential pollutants

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What does Bahid stand for?

• To leave a mark

• Worm

• Soil

• To plant

_________ Health is described as the soil's continuous ability to function as a vital living ecosystem that supports plants, animals, and people.

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Healthy soil provides us with the following EXCEPT

• Abundant crops and forest

• Poor wildlife

• Stunning scenery

• Productive grazing grounds

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This is one of the essential ways on how to improve soil health which involves maintaining the levels of our soil's organic matter.

• Avoid Tillage

• Adopt Cover Crops

• Crop Rotations

• Evade Chemical Uses

• Adequate Inputs of Organic Matter

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This is one of the essential ways on how to improve soil health which involves the planting cover crops.

• Crop Rotations

• Evade Chemical Uses

• Adopt Cover Crops

• Avoid Tillage

• Adequate Inputs of Organic Matter

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Acknowledging responsibilities enables the advocacy for soil health to thrive in the present time. This can be done through different initiatives by professionals, stakeholders, researchers, and especially the youth.

• True

• False

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Soils have never been a fundamental part of our ecosystems, supporting different functions and promoting diversity.

• True

• False

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Soil is a conglomerate of biotic and abiotic matter that performs various functions at a huge scale.

• True

• False

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As time progresses, global challenges arise, such as climate change, land degradation, and biodiversity crises that have a dangerous impact on our environment and society.

• False

• True

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