Science Literacy Use the Following Graphic to Answer the Next

question 38

Multiple Choice

Science Literacy Use the following graphic to answer the next questions.
-Desertification can produce drier B and C horizons.What is the most likely hypothesis for this?

• A)The thick grass roots in the upper horizons take up the water before it can reach the lower horizons.
• B)The grazing animals leave waste on the surface which prevents water from filtering into the lower horizons.
• C)Hot fires cause the moisture to evaporate out of the soil horizons.
• D)When the upper horizons are lost the lower horizons are exposed to more incoming sunlight,drying out the lower horizons.

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