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Understanding Natural Resources and Soil Erosion

Explore the origins of items from store, farm, and factory, learn about soil erosion forces, types, and prevention methods like BMPs. Discover the importance of conserving natural resources.

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Understanding Natural Resources and Soil Erosion

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  1. Name Basic Natural Resources

  2. Source Search In the Beginning, Did the item come from: Store Farm Factory Natural Resources

  3. Why do we CARE where these things came from? • WHAT IS THE LESSON LEARNED FROM THIS EXERCISE?

  4. Name forces of nature that break down rock into smaller particles

  5. Name three particles that make up soil texture • S__ __ __ • S__ __ __ ====L __ __ __ • C__ __ __

  6. What is Soil Erosion?

  7. What are three types of Soil Erosion? 1. 2. 3.

  8. What are three types of Soil Erosion? • Water • Wind • Splash

  9. How long does it take to naturally form one inch of topsoil?

  10. Wind Erosion

  11. Wind Erosion

  12. Water Erosion

  13. Splash - Water

  14. Best Management Practices for Farmers (BMP’s)- No-Till

  15. Best management Practices for Farmers - Buffer Zone

  16. Best management Practices for Farmers – Grass Waterways

  17. Soil Erosion Building Sites

  18. Erosion - Building Sites

  19. Best Management Practices

  20. Best Management Practices

  21. Best Management Practices

  22. Best Management Practices

  23. Are we doing better? • soil erosion declined about 40% in the U.S., due to government conservation programs, technological advances, and extension education efforts.

  24. Can WE do better yet? • What can YOU do to help?

  25. Water

  26. watershed

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