B.9 Soil Quality

Question 1

Explain Fertilizer Use

Answer 1

Soil with added nutrients

Question 2

Explain Irrigation

Answer 2

watering crops

Question 3

Explain clearing land

Answer 3

Removing trees, bushes, and native plants

Question 4

Explain plowing

Answer 4

cutting into soil and the top layer over.

Question 5

Explain crop rotation

Answer 5

planting a different crop in a particular field every year

Question 6

How do Humans reduce the quality of soil ?

Answer 6

by harvesting plants and not letting them die and decompose
into the soil-less nutrients

Question 7

How is Fertilizer use Helpful?

Answer 7

• provides nutrients

Question 8

How is Fertilizer use harmful?

Answer 8

• overuse can pollutes streams, rivers, and lakes

Question 9

How is Fertilizer helpful?

Answer 9

provides nutrients

Question 10

How is Irrigation helpful?

Answer 10

provides water for photosynthesis

Question 11

How is Irrigation harmful?

Answer 11

-too much water causes root rot

Question 12

How is clearing land harmful?

Answer 12

-can lead to erosion ( no root holding soil in place)
- disrupting the ecosystem

Question 13

How is clearing land helpful?

Answer 13

-make space

Question 14

How is plowing helpful?

Answer 14

• makes soil less compact ( allows drainage)

Question 15

How is plowing harmful?

Answer 15

• makes soil particles smaller (cause soil to be more compact like clay)

Question 16

How is crop rotation helpful?

Answer 16

• less fertilizers is a need,plants don’t run out of nutrients as quick

Question 17

How is crop rotation harmful?

Answer 17

• must be planned properly or else a plant may not get the needed nutrients