AP Environmental Science

What is crop rotation?

• Planting different types of crops in alternating patterns

• The rotation of crops in a field from one period of time to the next

• The transformation of slopes into different steps

• Rows planted in a field to slow down the wind

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What type of farming is this?

• Intercropping

• Contour Farming

• Terracing

• Crop Rotation

What type of farming is this?

• Shelterbelts

• No Till Farming

• Crop Rotation

• Intercropping

A build up of salts in surface soil layers is called

• Irrigation

• Salinization

• Inorganic fertilizers

• Overgrazing

What is irrigation?

• Flooding plants to the point of suffocation

• Synthetically manufactured mineral supplements

• Excessive grazing of fields

• Artificial provision of water to support agriculture

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Which of the following is the most likely result from clearing mature, forested land and converting it into agricultural land that would be used for cattle grazing?

• There will be a decrease in the amount of runoff into nearby streams.

• There will be a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

• There will be an increase in the diversity and size of primary producers.

• There will be a reduction in the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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Which of the following are the different particle sizes that determine soil texture?

• loam, mud, sand

• clay, sand, loam

• silt, loam, clay

• clay, silt, sand

When roots become saturated with water due to over-irrigation, it causes death in plant roots. This is called:

• salinization

• desertification

• agroforestry

• waterlogging

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When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to

• soil salinization

• desertification

• waterlogging

• monocropping

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Because global fisheries have dramatically seen a reduction in fish numbers, this technique has been used recently to supplement that loss.

• monocropping

• IPM

• contour farming

• aquaculture

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