Geography [1 Mark Question Answer]

People have used various farming methods to increase food production. However, in the process, they have stripped the soil of nutrients, leading to its degradation.
Can you suggest some ways by which we can reduce soil degradation?

There is a need for soil conservation.

Soil is a very important resource.

Human activities affect weathering.

Gases in the atmosphere affect weathering.

Temperature changes result in physical weathering.

Form pairs or groups of three or four students and discuss, with examples, how we depend directly and indirectly on soil.

Make a chart for your classroom showing the causes of different types of weathering.

What are the components of topsoil?

Which is the most important effect of weathering?

In which regions of the world is ‘frost action’ the common form of weathering?