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soil gives our plants nutrients that help our 

plants grow. nutrients also help humans and 

animals. there is also sod ans sod is thick, 

lush growth of plants and the roots become 

so entangled it protects the soil. sod helps 

keep the soil in place.

soil erosion can happen with loss of 

fertility. this happens when construction 

workers are removing soil and not putting 

it back. this can be avoided by spraying 

water so it would stay or placing the soil 

back when they are finished. 

loss of topsoil and the dust bowl are 

both examples soil loss and damage. 

loss of topsoil is when there is no 

topsoil to protect the soil from being 

taken away from water and wind. 

the was a time on the late 1800. 

farmers began to farm in the great 

plains. farmers didn't realize the 

more they took from the land , the 

less they could take from it. Large 

droughts were happening. a drought is a 

reduction of rainfall. droughts were 

happening over and over again. 

there is also ways to conserve soil. one 

way is contour plowing. this is when 

farmers plant in a pattern on slopes. 

this slows down the water. the slower 

the water the less it would take with it.  

another way is conservation plowing. 

so what they do is that instead of 

plowing they let the dead material lay 

and plant on top of it. 

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the last thing is crop rotation, so they 

would plant one crop one year and 

another crop the next year. most likely 

that crop would take up less from the 

ground and actually return some 

nutrients to the ground. 

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