A farmer alternates planting corn and cotton every other year in the same plot of land. This farmer is practicing

• subsistence agriculture

• commerical farming

• crop rotation

• slash-and-burn

Farming of clams and oysters are examples of

• polyculture

• aquaculture

• aeroponics

• subsistence agriculture

It is the process of growing plants and raising animals for food, clothing, and other useful products.

• Agriculture

• Animal Science

• Agricultural Engineering

• Agricultural Science

What is the term used when plant of the same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a large scale?

• farming

• vegetable farming

• monocropping

• plant

True or False: 'Sustainable' means causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What have been the benefits of the green revolution? (2 correct)

• high crop yields

• better soil

• conservation of resources

• more food for more people

True or False: Conventional farming methods have higher yields, but damage the environment.

• True

• False

What best describes the image?

• Monoculture

• Biodiversity

• The growing of multiple types of crop in one particular area

• Industrial agriculture

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why does groundwater depletion happen?

• People are using too little water

• Climate change and farmers using too much water

• Bird migration

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of fishing has high rates of bycatch and highly destructive of benthic communities.

• Pole Fishing

• Long Line Fishing

• Purse Seining

• Trawling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5