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प्रश्न
Soil formation is an important benefit of weathering. How is it important for mankind?
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उत्तर
Soil formation is important for mankind as:
- A habitat for several plants and animals
- A storage bank for water and nutrients
- Foundation of the world’s food chain
- Provides an anchor for plants
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is weathering?
Give a technical term for the following:
Expansion of minerals in rocks on coming into contact with rainwater.
Say whether the following is ‘True’ or ‘False’.
In dry climates mechanical weathering is dominant.
Distinguish between :
Loess and Alluvium.
How are the different kinds of soils in Temperate zones formed?
Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:
_______is produced by the decayed organic material, including dead leaves, stems roots, living bacteria, fungi, worms, and other organisms.
Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:
_______soils are those which are undisturbed by erosion or deposition.
Distinguish between the following :
Erosion and Weathering.
Give a geographical reason:
Human is an agent of weathering.
A region is having an annual mean temperature of 5°C and an annual rainfall of 1000 mm. Can you comment upon the weathering and the type with the help of the following questions? Discuss in class.
- Which type of weathering will be dominant here?
- Where will such a region be found?
