Soil Moisture
Soil moisture is the amount of water contained in the soil. From agriculture productivity to flood and drought prediction, soil moisture on Earth plays a key role in understanding our planet. How much do you know about Earth’s soil moisture?
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- The only way to accurately estimate the amount of soil moisture available to a plant’s roots is to measure it in place.
- Measuring soil moisture (the amount of water in the soil) can help scientists with which of the following:
- Some satellites use one sensor to measure soil moisture over land and another surface property over the ocean. What is this ocean surface property?
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