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Chapter 10-12, 14 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 10-12, 14
soil
soil composition
mineral, organic matter, living organisms, gas, and water
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soil texture
refers to the proportion of sand, silt, and clay sized particles that make up the mineral
soil horizons
O - organic layer, A - mineral horizon darkened for agriculture, E - leached due to water movement, B - zone of accumulation, C - least weathered layer, R - bedrock
forming factors of soil
climate, biota, parent material, topography, time
Kieta Project
established by the Italian government and it targeted soil degradation by overpopulation. this helped alleviate food insecurity and desertification
NJ soils
histosols, spodosols, ultisols
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agriculture
roundup ready crops
soy, maize (corn), canola, sugar beets, cotton, alfalfa
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substitence farming
nearly all of the crops or livestock are raised and used to maintain farmer and farmers family/friends
GMO's
genetically modified organisms, or organisms recieving genes from other organisms by genetic engineering
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fossil fuels
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mountain top mining
extremely devastating type of mining that is used to get coal from mountain tops by violently exploding them and destroying the environment there