Set: Soils and land use

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Term Definition
Mineral Porportion The rock porportion of a soil
Organic Porportion Porportion dirived from organic tissue made up from the soil
Parent material WHere a soil has originated from (ie volcanic material)
Age How old a soil is ( ie depends on fertility moderate soil is great for farming while soil to old is bad and soil to young is bad)
Topography Varied elevation of land
organisms living tissue within soil
enviornment soil is dependent on organisms/__________
contour plowing by only plowing 50% of the soil, to prevent erosion
no-till farming Crops are harvested without tilling soil
Salinization when salt is in soil
inorganic fertilizers Inorganic fertilizers are based off of phosphorous
organic fertilizers Fertelizers that are made from manure and leaves

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Creator hansone
Created April 30, 2008
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hansone : Changed Salinization → Salinization is when a salt is in soil it is a problem because soil cannot grow crops to Salinization → when salt is in soil
hansone : Changed enviornment → soil is dependent on organisms/enviornment to enviornment → soil is dependent on organisms/__________
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  1. Mineral Porportion → The rock porportion of a soil - 3 misses
  2. no-till farming → Crops are harvested without tilling soil - 3 misses
  3. Organic Porportion → Porportion dirived from organic tissue made up from the soil - 2 misses
  4. organisms → living tissue within soil - 2 misses
  5. Parent material → WHere a soil has originated from (ie volcanic material) - 1 miss
  6. enviornment → soil is dependent on organisms/__________ - 1 miss
  7. inorganic fertilizers → Inorganic fertilizers are based off of phosphorous - 1 miss