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4: Is dirt plant food? & Good dirt After completion, students will be able to 1) diagram a generalized nutrient cycle 2) identify plant essential nutrients 3) identify steps in the nitrogen cycle 4) identify concepts in nutrient management 5) identify sources of environmental pollution 6) identify concepts of soil and environmental management 7) relate concepts to soil quality |
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| Unit 4 Home | Smithsonian Soils Exhibit Plans (*.pdf) |
| Please read and
consider possible comments/reactions: The Next
Agricultural Revolution (doc file) Citation Format for References in Project Report, pp. 12-20: https://www.soils.org/publications/style/pdfs/Chapt01W.pdf Quiz Solutions - New Quiz 10 Fall06 (*.pdf) Quiz 11 Fall06 (*.pdf) |
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| Past
Quiz Solutions: Quiz 9 (*.pdf) Quiz 10 (*.pdf) Quiz 11 (*.pdf) |
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| Nutrient Cycles and
Management |
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| pH and
nutrient availability |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
| 4.1 Essential
nutrients (*.pdf) |
4.1-4.5 Nutrient Cycles: N, S, P, K (*.pdf) |
| 4.1
Nutrient
Cycles : N, P, K, S, (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) |
4.2 Nitrogen Cycle (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) |
| 4.2 Vegetarian's N Fate argument (*.pdf) | 4.2.2 Manure as a nutrient source (*.ppt) |
| 4.2,
4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Primary
and Secondary Nutrients (*.pdf) 4.4 Soil Phosphorus The problem with Phosphorus (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) |
4.4
Phosphorus/Animal Waste Management, by Dr. B.A. Stewart (*.ppt) |
| 4.6 Micronutrients (*.pdf) | |
| 4.7 Nutrient
management: Learning Guide |
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| Environmental Issues - Visual of Soil as a Filter (*.pdf) | |
| 4.9 Soils and Pollutants | 4.9.1 Soil
Is a Filter |
| 4.9
Soil and Water Pollutant Sources (*.ppt) |
4.9.2 Phosphorus in playas (*.ppt) |
| 4.9.3.2.2 Arsenic in NM Water (*.pdf) | 4.9.3.6.2 Radionuclides in Potter County (*.pdf) |
| 4.9.3.6.5 Remediation at Chernobyl (*.pdf) | 4.10.1 The Apple as Planet Earth
(Scroll down to bottom of page.) |
| 4.10.2 Desertification (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) | 4.10.2
Desertification - UN-FAO site |
| 4.10.2
Desertification - USGS site |
4.10.3
Soil loss threatens food prospects, BBC |
| 4.10.4
Salinization (usually by irrigation) |
4.10.4
Salinization (USDA, *.pdf) |
| 4.10.5
Worldwide Loss of Cropland |
4.10.5 Soil Loss
Overview and Earth's Carrying Capacity - Bruce Sundquist |
| Precision Agriculture Overview (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) | Yield Variability (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) |
| Soil Sampling Methods and Tools (*.ppt) or (*.pdf) | |
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