Title: Describe erosion, its effects on the environment, and prevention methods.
Course: Agricultural Production Technology (18301-I) > Section: Using Soil Science in Agricultural Production

Description should include the

- process of erosion by water, wind, ice, or human activity
- types of water erosion (e.g., rill, sheet, gully)
- effects of erosion on agricultural production
- effects of erosion on water quality
- physical properties of soil that allow for wind erosion
- conditions that are favorable to wind erosion
- effects of wind erosion on soil
- methods to protect soil from eroding (e.g., the use of vegetation, geotextiles, mulch, retaining walls, windbreaks, cover crops, buffer strips).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What effect does erosion have on production capability?
- What are the best management practices for reducing and controlling water and wind erosion?
- What is sedimentation?
- How does water erosion affect the environment? How does wind erosion affect the environment?