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Landslides
Rock and soil rapidly going downhill.
Mudslides
Rock, soil, and water moves rapidly downhill.
Slump
One huge mass falls together.
Creep
Very slow movement
3 examples of soil being important.
Energy/nutrients, water storage, and habitats.
First example of soil endangerment (overusage)
When plants take all the nutrients out of soil, it becomes infertile or useless.
Why can't soil just get the nutrients back?
It is Non-renewable
What happens when soil become infertile?
Becomes a desert (desertification)
Second example of soil endangerment. (Erosion)
After Erosion, deposition happens, making the soil into landforms. This means we lose soil.
Soil endangerment.
Overusage and Erosion.
What are the five ways soil can be conserved?
Crop rotation, terraces, no-till farming, cover Crops, and contour plowing.
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