Sustainable Farming

What does sustainability mean?

• using lots of resources

• cutting down trees

• maintaining the world we live in for future generations

• using lots of water and electricity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these is the correct definition for the term sustainable?

• the responsible development and management of areas

• meeting the needs of people without damaging the ecological, economic, or social components of the environment

• improvement of a run down area

• people take responsibility for improving their living conditions

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The agricultural practice of growing single crop, plant, or livestock species at one time

• uniculture

• monoculture

• biculture

• low input farming

Sustainability is to

• maintain our resources for future generations

• not to pollute the environment

• not to use the natural resources

• use only clean energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is sustainable development?

• meeting the needs of current generations without affecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs

• not getting our needs so that future generations can get their needs

• consuming as much of earth's resources as possible in the time we have

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which one of these is a characteristic of industrial farming?

• using natural fertilizers

• planting multiple crops at a time

• using pesticides

• main goal is to save the land for future generations while making a profit now

Which one is a characteristic of a sustainable farm?

• diversity of plants and animals

• using man-made pesticides

• planting one crop

• keeping animals in small cages their entire life

recycling and reusing resources whenever possible, just as natural systems continually recycle rainfall and organic matter

• efficiency

• self-sufficiency

• diversity

• resilience

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

making use of many different species of plants and animals on the same farm, and benefits from their interactions

• efficiency

• self-sufficiency

• diversity

• resilience

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

farms that can better withstand and recover from shocks like floods, hurricanes, and droughts

• efficiency

• self-sufficiency

• diversity

• resilience

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2