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Author Question: True or false? Soil erosion is always caused by people who fail to take care of the land. What ... (Read 28 times)

shenderson6

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on: Jul 21, 2018
True or false? Soil erosion is always caused by people who fail to take care of the land.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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True or false? Accelerated erosion results when the natural plant cover of the soil is removed or disturbed.
 
 


 
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ecabral0

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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

False. People DO cause some erosion, but erosion is also a natural process

Answer to Question 2

True. This can be caused by human actions such as farming or construction, but it can also result from natural
processes such as fire.



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