This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Soil Conservation > Methods > Soil Conservation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil Conservation Quiz 7 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A fast growing crop planted to protect the soil fromerosion is called? A) Contour Farming. B) Wind break. C) No-Till Farming. D) Cover Crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cover Crop. 2. Mrs. Davis dissolves a rock in a beaker of acid. This is an example of ..... A) Chemical weathering. B) Erosion. C) Physical weathering. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical weathering. 3. The rate at which water and air move through the soil A) Soil horizon. B) Soil porosity. C) Soil permeability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil permeability. 4. Which of the following is not a type of organic fertilizer? A) Crop residue from a previous harvest or other green manure. B) Animal manure. C) Bone meal. D) A bag of 10-20-10 NPK fertilizer from Lowe's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bag of 10-20-10 NPK fertilizer from Lowe's. 5. What is it called when a farmer plants different crops in order to use less nutrients or different nutrients from the soil? A) Terracing. B) Crop-rotation. C) Contour plowing. D) Cover crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop-rotation. 6. This soil conservation measure is practiced in coastal and dry regions: A) Mulching. B) Terrace Farming. C) Shelter belts. D) Rock Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shelter belts. 7. Desert plants have A) No roots. B) Wide roots. C) Deep roots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide roots. 8. Which of the following is NOT be found in topsoil? A) Sediment. B) Humus. C) Bedrock. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bedrock. 9. One or more rows of trees or shrubs planted on farmland. A) Shelterbelts. B) Exposed soil. C) Nutrients. D) Strip mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shelterbelts. 10. Limiting herd sizes, rotating herds, and multiple watering holes are all solutions to what? A) Overgrazing. B) Global warming. C) Deforestation. D) Overfarming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overgrazing. 11. The wearing off or carrying away of soil by the action of wind or water is called A) Flood. B) Soil erosion. C) Deforestation. D) Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil erosion. 12. What layer of soil will you find clay forming? A) B Horizon. B) C Horizon. C) A Horizon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B Horizon. 13. What is the uppermost layer of the soil? A) Top soil. B) Solid rock. C) Rocks. D) Sub soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top soil. 14. AFFORESTATION is a them which means A) Growing trees. B) Overgrazing. C) Making dams. D) Felling of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing trees. 15. What are the natural forces that cause soil erosion A) Wind. B) Rain. C) Running water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. New objects are made from old objects when you A) Recycle. B) Conserve. C) Reduce. D) Reuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycle. 17. Which soil has the greatest capacity to retain water? A) Silt. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 18. What 3 kinds of mineral material are found in soil? A) Dirt, rock, mud. B) Peat, wood, worms. C) Sand, silt, clay. D) Glass, brick, loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand, silt, clay. 19. Another name for organic material is ..... A) Deposition. B) Humus. C) Topsoil. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humus. 20. Sand is the largest type of sediment, while ..... is the smallest type of sediment. A) Loan. B) Clay. C) Humus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay. 21. What is the term for the technology in which genetic material in a living cell is modified for medical an industrial use? A) Biological pest control. B) Organic farming. C) Genetic engineering. D) Selective breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic engineering. 22. What has the largest particles in soil? A) Silt. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 23. The process of land becoming a desert because there are no plants to help hold and cycle water A) Habitat. B) Soil conservation. C) Cover crops. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desertification. 24. How can we protect soil? A) Afforestation. B) Crop rotation. C) Terrace Farming. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesSoil Conservation QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesSoil Conservation Quiz 1Soil Conservation Quiz 2Soil Conservation Quiz 3Soil Conservation Quiz 4Soil Conservation Quiz 5Soil Conservation Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books