Environmental Impacts of Agriculture

With the human population ________________, agriculture must follow suit.

• shrinking

• staying the same

• soaring out of control

• increasing a little bit over time

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The _______________ ______________ brought new equipment and farming methods that helped to increase food production.

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• Industrial Revolution

• French Revolution

What are two things that have allowed the human population to grow quickly.

• Less wars.

• The creation of stronger crops.

• More people living in cities.

• More overall food production.

In 2016, nearly __________________ of all cropland (2.7 million square miles), were devoted to growing corn, wheat, rice, and other grains.

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

Changing _________________ linked to Earth's warming are making modern agriculture more difficult.

• climates

• farmland

• wind patterns

• populations

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____________________ is meeting current needs without compromising the ability for future generations to meet their needs.

• irrigation

• sustainability

• ecosystem practices

• eutrophication

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The practice of watering crops through pipes, canals, and sprinklers is called....

• irrigation

• sustainability

• livestock grazing

• eutrophication

When ecosystems become loaded with too many nutrients and toxic algae grow.

• irrigation

• sustainability

• livestock grazing

• eutrophication

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Agriculture accounts for ____________ % of freshwater use worldwide and that number will need to increase 15% or more by 2050 to feed growing populations.

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following are consequences of irrigation?

• Depletion of rivers and underground water systems.

• The changing of soil when irrigation floods a particular area.

• More water evaporates which affects air temperature, pressure, and moisture conditions..influencing rainfall patterns.

• The erosion of coastlines.

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