B.9 Soil Quality

Question 1

What is fertilizer?

Answer 1

Soil with added nutrients.

Question 2

What is irrigation?

Answer 2

Watering crops.

Question 3

What is clearing land?

Answer 3

Removing trees, nushes and native plants.

Question 4

What is plowing?

Answer 4

Cutting the soil and turning the top layer over.

Question 5

What is crop rotation?

Answer 5

Planting a different crop in a particular field every year.

Question 6

What are the helpful and harmful features of fertilizer?

Answer 6

Helpful:
-Provides nutrients
Harmful:
-Overuse can pollute lakes, rivers and streams

Question 7

What are the helpful and harmful features of irrigation?

Answer 7

Helpful:
-Provides water for photosynthesis
Harmful:
-Too much can cause root rot

Question 8

What are the helpful and harmful features of clearing land?

Answer 8

Helpful:
-Make space for important plants
Harmful:
-Disrupting the ecosystem
-Can lead to erosion

Question 9

What are the helpful and harmful features of plowing?

Answer 9

Helpful:
-Makes soil less compact and allows drainage
Harmful:
-Makes soil particles smaller and ,more like clay soil

Question 10

What are the helpful and harmful features of crop rotation?

Answer 10

Helpful:
-Less fertilizer is needed and plants don’t run out of fertilizer as quick
Harmful:
-Must be planned properly or else plants may not get the nutrients needed.