Desert Soils
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Description: What makes a desert soil according to ClORPT (Climate, Organisms, Relief, Parent Material, Time)
Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: deserts, desertification, salinization, leaching, desert soils, Soils and Climate
Lesson Area: Soils and Climate
Resource Type: Reading
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Societal activities have had major effects on the land, ocean, atmosphere, and even outer space. Societal activities can also help protect Earth's resources and environments. |
| 6-8 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
| 9-12 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |