What is the process of establishing a forest on land that is not a forest called?
Afforestatiion
Reforestation
Carbon farming
Sustainable agriculture
What is the informal geologic chronological term for the period that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems?
Cretaceous
Holocene
Anthropocene
Jurassic
Universal Soil Loss Equation predicts the amount of soil losses that may occur from:
Wind erosion
Rill erosion
Gully erosion
Tillage erosion
What is the process of restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted called?
The act of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment is known as:
No-till farming
Afforestation
The universal Soil Loss Equation is:
A = RK
A = SCP
S = ARKLCP
A= RKLSCP
What is the minimum soil depth required for agricultural production?
10 mm
100 cm
150 mm
150 cm
What is the presence of toxic chemicals in soil in high concentrations called?
Acidification
Salinization
Soil pollution
Soil erosion
Which of the following may lead to desertification?
Low precipitation
Salinisation
All of the above
What is the estimate of the ability of soils to resist erosion called?
Gradient
Erodibility
Salinity
Soil buffering capacity