1. What causes it? How can we prevent it?
Soil Erosion
What causes it?
How can we prevent it?

2. In which layer does soil erosion occur?
Name the horizon and
give one characteristic of each.
In which layer does soil erosion occur?

3. Why do these cows need to stop eating?
Overgrazing

4. What in this picture might cause erosion?
Construction- removes vegetation and loosens soil

5. What is happening to cause erosion?
Deforestation- removal of trees for building or profit

6. How could this cause soil erosion?
Plowing and other farming techniques leave soil loose and vulnerable to wind, water, and gravity.
Continuing to plant the same kind of crop in the same place can be deplete the nutrients in the soil.

7. Erosion Control supplies
netting
Erosion Control supplies
fences
tarps

8. Terracing

9. planting over the previous crop
No-till farming-
planting over the previous crop

10. No-till farming con’t

11. Causes Preventions Overgrazing Terracing Construction
Tarps, fences, and nets for erosion control
Soil Erosion
Deforestation
Cover Crop
Poor farming techniques
No-till farming
All are caused by overuse or removing vegetation