final and exam 1

Question 1

6 ecosystem services of soil

Answer 1

1. habitat for soil biota
2. flood control
3. provides nutrients for plants
4. retains more nutrients
5. reduces soil erosion
6. keeps more carbon out of atmosphere

Question 2

categories of water erosion

Answer 2

raindrop:impact of raindrop, sheet: landslide, rill: small ditch, Gully:big ditch/canyon, streambank: falling into waterway

Question 3

RUSLE Equation

Answer 3

A=RKLSCP
R is rainfall/runoff, K is soil erodibility, LS is slope/topography, C is cover management, and P is supporting practices

Question 4

How does Canopeo app work and applications?

Answer 4

it senses the pigmentation of the groundcover to see health. This is used in precision agriculture to give specific amounts of water and fertilizer to individual plants.

Question 5

Land Trust

Answer 5

promise to take care of land in specific way to promote biodiversity while receiving aid from (Bureau of Land Management?)

Question 6

3 benefits of riparian buffer

Answer 6

1. reduces nutrient pollution of waterway
2. reduces soil erosion
3. saves farmer money that would have been lost in form of fertilizer/water runoff

Question 7

3 components of stream restoration

Answer 7

1. make sure not to change stream from its original path much or there will be loss of structure
2. make sure to plant vegetation that will stay well and not cause problems (small willow)
3. make sure any projects will not harm the natural ecosystem in any way (dams etc).

Question 8

3 systems of nutrient management

Answer 8

1. collection mechanism-makes it much easier to wash out manure with water into system
2. manure lagoon-a good place to store manure until it can be further processed or used
3. spreaders-machinery to spread fertilizer on a field sustainably helps to keep nutrients from washing away into waterways