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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why should consumers care about soil health?
We need healthy soil to grow food for our increasing population
Healthy soil helps in the creation of fossil fuels
To help prevent another Dust Bowl
Healthy soil makes food taste better
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are steps or practices farmers are using to improve soil health? (pick all that apply)
Keeping the soil covered with the use of cover crops
Tilling the soil on a yearly basis to mix things up
Increasing biodiversity using crop rotation
Adding fertilizer to the soil
- 3. Multiple Choice
What types of organisms are present in a healthy soil ecosystem?
Arthropods (bugs)
Bacteria
Fungi
All the Above
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is a benefit of using cover crops?
Increase organic matter and balance of soil organisms
Help with soil compaction to hold in nutrients
Keep soil warm for plants to grow
Less insects to destroy crops
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why should we increase carbon content and build soil organic matter?
To increase carbon content in the atmosphere that way
It holds the soil together during times of drought and severe weather
It help water pass through the soil more easily
None of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What temperature do most soil organisms prefer?
50-60 degrees Fahrenheit
60-70 degrees Fahrenheit
70-80 degrees Fahrenheit
80-90 degrees Fahrenheit
- 7. Multiple Choice
How do cover crops and improved soil health relate to water quality? (Pick all that apply)
Cover crops help trap the water so nutrients stay in the soil and don't run off
Water goes thru the soil so it filters the water as it goes
Rain washes away pesticides so the water is not contaminated when it goes in the soil
If the water is filtered by healthy soil it is more beneficial for the plants
- 8. Multiple Choice
Can soil health improvements be beneficial for all types of crops? How?
Healthy soils have fewer pesticides that only affect our food crops
Healthy soils provide nutrients and water to all crops
Improving soil is only beneficial for commercial crops (those that are sold for a profit)
All the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are ways that farmers could be motivated to use cover crops and other healthy soil practices?
education
incentive payments
networking
all the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why do plants excrete carbohydrates from their roots?
Because they can't use them to grow
They are on a Keto diet
To feed organisms in the soil that give them nutrients
As part of photosynthesis
- 11. Open Ended
{BONUS} What does "Feed the soil not the plant" mean? Thoroughly explain here or at the bottom of your paper. On-line students have 5 minutes to answer.
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