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1. The Ground Beneath Our Feet S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed. h. Describe soil as consisting of weathered rocks…

Slide 1How important is soil? What is soil? Soil is a mixture of minerals, weathered rock, and humus. Humus is bits of decayed plant and animal material that makes up part…

Slide 1 Plant Nutrition All plants are autotrophs make their own carbohydrates but still require other nutrients Slide 2 Macronutrients Carbon –from CO 2 Oxygen –from…

Slide 1 Land Degradation Due to Agriculture Part 2:Soil Erosion Fall 2012, Lecture 6 Slide 2 Regolith Rocks are broken into smaller and smaller pieces by physical weathering…

Happy Science Day CRCT Question What type of erosion best describes why the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s occurred? Wind erosion Landslide erosion Water erosion Wave erosion…