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RAP:
1 What is the cutting down all trees in an area?
2. What is cutting a pit in the surface?3. _______Conservation-various methods
humans use to take care of the soil.(energy or soil)
Sentence: The Grand Canyon was formed
by millions of years of erosion
Definition: Erosion is the natural movement of
sediment from one place to another
Erosion review
Key Questions
1, What is soil conservation?
2, What methods prevent soil erosion?
3. What is a cover crop?
4. What is crop rotation?
5. What is contour plowing?
6. What is terracing?
7. What is windbreak?
1. Soil Conservation-various methods humans use to take care of the soil.
1. What is soil conservation?
2. Methods to prevent soil erosion-cover crop, crop rotation, contour plowing, terracing, and windbreak.
2. What methods prevent soil erosion?
3. What is a cover crop?3. Cover Crop-a crop that is planted in between harvests to reduce erosion and replace nutrients ex soybean and clover
4. Crop Rotation-change crops from year to year so that nutrients do not get depleted
4. What is crop rotation?
5. Contour plowing-rows in a field are plowed in curves instead of straight lines.
5. What is contour plowing?