Horizons
This is the uppermost horizon that holds things like leaf litter and insects.
O - Organic
Name the three particles that make up soil from smallest to largest.
Clay - Silt - Sand
This is how you can stop wind erosion.
the process where water detaches and carries away soil and rock particles from the Earth's surface
Water erosion
This conservation method uses filter strips or grassed waterways to prevent erosion.
Conservation buffers
This horizon is the surface that soils developed from.
C - Parent Material
Which particle helps increase porosity in the soil?
Sand
Grains move through the air in this type of wind erosion.
Suspension
What type of land classes are susceptible to water erosion?
Class III-ClassVIII
When a farmer disturbs the soil as little as possible they are using the _____________ conservation method.
Conservation tillage
This horizon is where minerals from the upper horizons stop.
B - Subsoil
Which particle is silky in texture?
Clay
When does soil get rich?
When mother nature makes it rain
Large channels formed from water erosion that cannot be fixed by tilling.
Gullies
This method utilizes a stair step effect to slow water runoff.
This horizon is where most roots stop growing.
A - Topsoil
Which particle is sticky in texture?
Silt
Name a conservation method used to specifically prevent wind erosion.
Windbreaks
Water erosion occurs most often where?
Waterways, watersheds
This method catches and holds water to slow erosion.
Wetlands
Name the six soil horizons in order from top to bottom.
O - organic
A - topsoil
E - eluvial
B - subsoil
C - parent material
R - bedrock
Which particle attracts ions required by plants?
Clay
True or False? Soils with a lot of sand are more likely to be eroded from the wind.
True
True or False? Soils with a lot of sand are less like to be eroded by water.
False
True or False? A loam soil is more likely to erode than a sandy soil.
False