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Aside from absorbing water and nutrients what other functions do the roots serve?
Besides absorbing nutrients and water, roots anchor the plant in the ground. This is especially important for large trees, but is needed by all plants. In addition, roots help to hold the soil in place, which prevents erosion. This is one reason forests should not be clear-cut and slopes need to have plants on them instead of being left bare.
When the plant cover is removed from an area making the bare soil easily removable by wind and rain What is said to have occurred?
desertification
What occurs in wind erosion A. Wet soil is transported away. B. Dry soil is transported away C. Small rocks are left behind. D. Large rocks are left behind.?
Large rocks are left behind and dry soil is transported away. B- Dry soil is transported away in a process called deflation
Why does a rock in a garden weather more faster then a bare rock in the same environment?
Because the moisture from the soil also helps in the weathering process
Why would microbes grow around plant roots more than they would grow in bare soil?
Because they would get more nutrients.
What can you do with bare soil and decaying plants to hold soil in place?
it makes the soil more rich and makes bare soil more full.
How did summer fallow damage the soil?
If the summer fallow practice left the soil bare of any plant materials or residue, the soil was left exposed to potential erosion. Modern conservation tillage practices have greatly reduced this possibility.
What is bare soil?
Only soil nothing else
Is it bare left or bear left?
It's a bear! Unless it is a bare left arm, in which case it is not a bear! To bear left means to veer to the left.
What is sheetwash?
process of removal of top layers of soil when heavy rain hits bare soil
Why are perennial hay crops better than annual crops for keeping soil from washing away?
Because the soil is never left bare and exposed to erosion. Even in winter, when the crop is dormant, the roots are still present and alive to help "tie down" the soil.
How is soil eroded?
In the plains, soil erosion occurs in farmlands after a crop is harvested. The soil then lies bare and can be easily eroded by water and wind.
How can we save the soil from erosion?
By not leaving bare soil exposed and covering it with vegetation such as grasses, crops, shrubs and trees.
What process occurs where a bare rock is transformed into soil?
weather and erosion
Is deforestation a cause of soil erosion because it leaves the soil bare and exposed?
Yes, plus it also removes the tree roots that hold the soil together.
Why are mosses good pioneer plants?
they can crate a layer of soil on bare rock
How would you describe the practice of summer fallow and how did this practice damage the soil?
Summer fallow is cropland that is purposely kept out of production during a regular growing season. If the summer fallow practice left the soil bare of any plant materials or residue, the soil was left exposed to potential erosion. Modern conservation tillage practices have greatly reduced this possibility. See the related link below.
