Topic 5: Land (HL)
6 review questions with answers for Topic 5: Land (HL). Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
Top layer of a soil profile, made of leaf litter and partly decomposed organic matter?
- Mob grazing
- A horizon
- O horizonRight answer
- Zero tillage
All 6 questions and answers
Top layer of a soil profile, made of leaf litter and partly decomposed organic matter?
Answer: O horizon
Dark topsoil layer just below the leaf litter, where minerals mix with humus and most roots grow; highly vulnerable to erosion?
Answer: A horizon
Farming that aims to rebuild soil organic matter, biodiversity and the soil's carbon store, rather than only sustain them?
Answer: Regenerative farming
Food growing system integrating sustainable design principles; aims for self-sufficiency with minimal waste?
Answer: Permaculture
Growing crops without ploughing, sowing seed directly into the remains of the last crop to protect soil structure?
Answer: Zero tillage
Grazing a large herd on a small area for a short time, then moving it on so the pasture can rest and regrow?
Answer: Mob grazing
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.