Du Midterm #2

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Who enacted the Farm Bill?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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What does biological productivity include?

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Greater volume of food production for large food webs

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What best describes the Farm Bill?

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Incentives provided to landowners to conserve grassland habitats

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Which biome has large populations of grazing herbivores?

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Grassland

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What percentage of the earth’s land surface is covered with grasslands?

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20 to 40 percent

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Define the Farm Bill.

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A comprehensive piece of legislation that governs an array of agricultural and food programs.

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What is biological productivity?

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The rate at which energy is converted by photosynthetic and chemosynthetic autotrophs to organic substances.

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List one characteristic of grassland biomes.

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Deep, rich soil.

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What is the significance of conservation practices in agriculture?

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They help maintain biodiversity and ecosystem health.

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Name a major herbivore found in grasslands.

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Bison.