Which statement describes the most likely effect for a country with a large population and a small amount of arable land?

Which of the following statements best describes a consequence of deforestation?

The nutrients in topsoil that support plant growth come from __________.

The forests of central China are the giant panda’s natural habitat. Lately, the Chinese have deforested this area to make room for growing cities. How might this deforestation affect the giant panda’s survival?

Which of the following statements is true?

Imagine that you are a farmer. You own many acres of land, but much of it is not arable because it lacks nutrients that crops need to survive. Which of the following strategies would you use to make your land arable?

The loss of topsoil due to rain, ice, and wind is referred to as __________.

Burrowing animals, such as earthworms and moles, increase the rate of weathering, loosen and mix the soil, increasing the amount of air to enter and the ability of the soil to drain water.

the largest layer of weathered rock fragments with little or no organic matter from which soil is formed; lies directly above the parent rock/bedrock

process that carries materials such as iron minerals and clay from the A horizon to the B horizon as a result of water seeping down, or moving through

a vertical section of soil that shows soil horizons, or layers of soil

The material from which soil forms is called

How freely water moves through soil is called

What is the dark, organic material that helps make soil fertile?

Soil is made by

What effect do plants' roots have on soil?

Increasing vegetation will cause erosion to

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