Lesson 6 : Soil Conservation

Question 1

Top layer of crust made up for minerals, air and organic matter

Answer 1

Soil

Question 2

Contaminates minerals like chemical toxins

Answer 2

Soil pollution

Question 3

involves planting crops following the con-tour of the landscape rather than planting crops in straight vertical row

Answer 3

Contour Plowing

Question 4

It is the practice of planting different crops on the same field in different years or growing seasons

Answer 4

Crop rotation

Question 5

Includes several methods of reducing the number of times fields are tilled, or plowed, in a year.

Answer 5

Conservation tillage

Question 6

Prevent soil from erosion by reducing the force of wind over open grounds

Answer 6

Plant windbreak

Question 7

Absorb water

Answer 7

Rejuvenating wet plant

Question 8

Hold soil along river bank to intact

Answer 8

Plant buffer strip along stream bank

Question 9

Hold soil in place and prevent strong winds

Answer 9

Restore forest cover

Question 10

Recycling and reusing can be implemented

Answer 10

Proper waste disposal and management

Question 11

To feed growing grass

Answer 11

Grazing

Question 12

The water flowing from the rain will undergo to the sewer system to recharge the soil

Answer 12

Set a rain garden

Question 13

They include constructed ridges and channels across a slope. Once well-constructed,

Answer 13

Terracing

Question 14

This is by doing a way to make the soil access from underground not with the use of cemented

Answer 14

Make penetrable surface

Question 15

is collecting the run-off from a structure or other impervious surface in order to store it for later use.

Answer 15

Drum collect water

Question 16

Long term monitoring focuses on the responses of grazing lands to the variety of inputs

Answer 16

Monitor grazing