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.
Families also migrated to other areas of the country in search of work. A combination of drought, dust storms, low market prices for farm crops and a lack of soil conservation practices caused many farmers vacate their homes, leaving behind the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl included nearly all of the Midwest states.