Soil Erosion
Building step-like ridges in mountainous areas to prevent soil erosion is called what?
What is terracing?
The complex mixture of minerals, water, gases, and the remains of dead organisms is called what?
What is soil?
The process by which the products of weathering are transported is called what?
What is erosion?
The angular distance north and south of the equator is called what?
What is latitude?
Horizontally plowing land according to the slope of the land is called what?
What contour plowing?
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by physical forces.
What is mechanical weathering?
What are the 3 horizons of soil in a residual soil profile?
What are the A horizon, B horizon, and C horizon?
The movement of rock and soil fragments down a slope is called what?
What is mass movement?
The 4 main branches of Earth Science are named what?
What are Oceanography, Astronomy, Meteorology, and Geology?
The soil erosion that happens when wide, deep gullies form because of rapid water flow in crop rows is called what?
What is the gullying?
The three types of mechanical weathering are called what?
What is ice wedging, organic activity, and abrasion?
Soil that is carried away from its parent rock by water, wind, or glaciers is called what?
What is transported soil?
A large block of soil and rock becomes unstable and moves downhill in one piece is called what?
What is a slump?
What does GPS stand for?
What is the Global Positioning System?
The soil erosion that happens when a layer of topsoil gets displaced because of rainfall is called what?
What sheet erosion?
The four types of chemical weathering are called what?
What is hydrolysis. carbonation, oxidation, and acid precipitation?
Soil that contains clay, quartz, and iron compounds is called what? (Hint: States east of the Mississippi River have this type of soil.)
What is pedalfer soil?
The process by which water-saturated soil slips over hard or frozen layers is called what?
What is solifluction?
This is used to represent the relationships between multiple food chains.
What is a food web?
Planting a productive crop one season and planting a cover crop the next to protect against soil erosion is called what?
What is crop rotation?
What is surface area, rock composition, climate, elevation (topography), and plant/animal/human activity?
Thick, tropical soils are called what?
What are laterites?
Mountains that have eroded to become low, rolling hills are called what?
What are peneplains?
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points of an area on a map is called what?
What is relief?