kNOw soil, kNOw life
This word which we learned very early in the quarter describes a medium for plant growth and engineering, a habitat for organisms, and is a system for water purification or organic waste.
What is soil?
Soil abuse from drought resulted in this event in Oklahoma where "black blizzards" formed from soil that was picked up from wind.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Any example of soil's importance and role in art, human culture, medicine, literature, etc.
What is [provide an adequate example of the role of soil]
The life-sustaining layer of dirt that is most productive!
What is topsoil?
This is the stuff that you sweep off the floor or is under your fingernails
The swampy or boggy ground and sand that our author sank in.
What is Mire?
Any example of soil's importance and role in art, human culture, medicine, literature, etc.
What is [something that was not mentioned]?
Frequently seen all around Chicagoland, these neglected sites build up dirt that drains into sewage (costly removal)
What are construction sites?
A porous natural body of mineral, air, water, and organic matter that changes or has changed in response to climate, topography, time, and organisms.
What is a soil?
According to Montgomery, this controls many of the causes of and problems created by soil erosion.
What is geography?
Colonizers have used this exploitative process in areas abundant with natural resources like the Amazon Forest that permanently removes trees. It also increases the risk of soil loss from erosion.
What is deforestation?
Theralism
Mud therapy
The 4 things we cannot live without
What is soil, water, air, and sunlight
This concept refers to the end state following progressive reduction of crop yields when cultivated land no longer supports an adequate harvest; must also be interpreted in the context of social factors, economics, and the availability of new land
What is soil exhaustion?
This is the result of human activities such as over-cultivation, poor irrigation practices, over-grazing, and
vegetation removal. It is the rapid loss of topsoil and loss of plant life on productive land in arid and semi-arid regions like the Sahara Desert.
What is desertification?
Cultivation of soil for food and farming
What is soil husbandry?
This certain material includes inorganic material and organic material, living and dead.
What is solid material?
Crucial and should be central to the longevity of any civilization
What is soil conservation?
The build up of salts. In regards to soil, salt reduces the soil’s productivity by destroying the soil structure.
What is salinization?
Internet deserts, food deserts, health deserts, transportation deserts > areas with less accessible quality food > quality food > ?
What is quality soil?