Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Soil Biology and Ecology

Unit 2.3 | 41
Assessment Questions

Assessment Questions

1. 
   

   what is soil?

   
   


2. 
   

   what forms of life exist in soil ecosystems?

   
   


3. 
   

   How would you define a “healthy” agricultural soil?

   
   


4. 
   

   what is a soil food web?

   
   


5. 
   

   what might be some negative effects of the long-term practice of monoculture cropping and
   the use of synthetic chemical fertilizer and pest control agents on the soil ecosystem?