ESS 120 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

FAMILY EOR MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ELON UNIVERSITY

Examples of sustainable prehistoric civilization(s) include..... - Inca and Zuni Hopi and Zuni maize is...... - Open-pollenated and drought-tolerant The Zuni use small rock dams to slow and diffuse the water onto their agricultural fields. These rock dams work well when...... - Rainfall is more intense The Inca abandoned terraces because..... - The terraces were above the irrigation canal and were no longer needed due to the population crash The Incan terrace soils had high levels of...

Examples of sustainable prehistoric civilization(s) include..... - Inca and Zuni Hopi and Zuni maize is...... - Open-pollenated and drought-tolerant The Zuni use small rock dams to slow and diffuse the water onto their agricultural fields. These rock dams work well when...... - Rainfall is more intense The Inca abandoned terraces because..... - The terraces were above the irrigation canal and were no longer needed due to the population crash The Incan terrace soils had high levels of...

Is class correlated with the grade earned? - Yes Is soil science also studied in the other academic settings? Which one? - Yes, Art What soil order is commonly the site of most disaster cleanups related to water? - Enitsols Soils have many uses which are sometimes conflicting, explain two conflicting land uses? - - Housing - Landfills What are the two most common soil orders found in Tennessee? What are the soil forming factors critical to their development? - - Alfisols & Utisols (...

Is class correlated with the grade earned? - Yes Is soil science also studied in the other academic settings? Which one? - Yes, Art What soil order is commonly the site of most disaster cleanups related to water? - Enitsols Soils have many uses which are sometimes conflicting, explain two conflicting land uses? - - Housing - Landfills What are the two most common soil orders found in Tennessee? What are the soil forming factors critical to their development? - - Alfisols & Utisols (...

Is soil science also studied in other academic settings? - Art Where did Donnie Smith work? - CEO of Tyson What/where is Mesoamerica? - -a cultural region, the Maya and Aztec empires -Central Mexico into Central America (Honduras) Know what tools he used to get where he is today (Donnie Smith) - -communication skills -being able to work w people -having desire to see others succeed When was the peak of the Maya civilization? - 800 AD What soil order is commonly the site of most...

Is soil science also studied in other academic settings? - Art Where did Donnie Smith work? - CEO of Tyson What/where is Mesoamerica? - -a cultural region, the Maya and Aztec empires -Central Mexico into Central America (Honduras) Know what tools he used to get where he is today (Donnie Smith) - -communication skills -being able to work w people -having desire to see others succeed When was the peak of the Maya civilization? - 800 AD What soil order is commonly the site of most...

____ is added to acidic soil because it adjusts pH to the point that most soil macro- and micro-nutrients are plant available. - Lime __________ had humans on its soil for more than 46,000 years, had few inputs from the outside world, was near the equator, and no European explorers until the 1930s. - Papua New Guinea ___________ will catch fire during harvest of sugar cane in Florida (only one soil order will catch fire). - Histosols 1 billion people go to bed hungry every night...why? Eno...

What soil order is commonly the site of most disasters related to water? - Entisols True or False: Food production and real estate conflict because they both require the same soil. - True. The best land for food production is also the best land for building houses on. What is the most productive soil order in the world? - Mollisols; they out-produce everything. They are dominantly in the great plains and western states (the grassland prairies). Prairies have deep roots; all the nutrients co...