Note 4: An emulsion is termed an oil/water (o/w) emulsion if the. dispersed phase is an organic material and the continuous phase is. water or an aqueous solution and is termed water/oil (w/o) if the dispersed. phase is water or an aqueous solution and the continuous phase is an. organic liquid (an oil).
We got no place to live. Like ants scurrying for work, for food, and most of all for land.. Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought caused the Dust Bowl. Plains grasslands had been deeply plowed and planted to wheat.
Because the crops died due to a lack of rain and bad farming practices, millions of acres of topsoil were blown away during dust storms. Large dark clouds of dirt were visible across the Great Plains during the timeline of the Dust Bowl. In 1932, 14 dust storms were recorded on the Great Plains.