Understanding Soil Erosion
A Grade 6 science worksheet focusing on the causes, effects, and prevention of soil erosion.
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Understanding Soil Erosion
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided space for your answers.
1. What is soil erosion? Describe it in your own words.
2. Which of the following is NOT a natural cause of soil erosion?
Wind
Water
Planting trees
Gravity
3. The removal of topsoil by strong winds is called erosion.
4. When heavy rainfall washes away soil, it is an example of erosion.
5. Deforestation can increase the rate of soil erosion.
True
False
6. Name two negative effects of soil erosion on the environment or human activities.
7. Observe the diagram below showing a cliff undergoing erosion. What type of erosion is most likely occurring here?
8. Use the words from the word bank to fill in the blanks about preventing soil erosion.
a. Planting trees or shrubs in rows to reduce wind erosion is called creating .
b. Farmers can reduce water erosion on slopes by plowing across the slope, a method known as .
c. To protect soil during off-seasons, farmers can plant that are not harvested but keep the soil in place.