Agriculture and Deforestation

Compare Monoculture versus Polyculture:

1 inch of topsoil can take between ​ (a)   years to form.

• 100-500
• 10-100
• 500-1000
• 50-75

An undersupply of food can cause

• global warming

• disease

• famine

Explain the no-till farming and describe a benefit of it.

What percentage of the Earth's rainforests have been destroyed or irreparably degraded?

• 10%

• 50%

• 80%

• 5%

​ (a)   is when wilderness areas get divided into pieces until they are smaller and smaller

• Habitat fragmentation
• Habitat dividing
• Ecosystem distribution

How do politics influences decisions made for the environment?

Which of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanization

• Buying a Christmas tree during the holidays

• Overbreeding birds in the wild

• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

What happens to the environment when a large forest area is cleared for industrial purposes?

• Adds carbon dioxide to the air

• Stabilizes the Soil

• Increases Biodiversity

• Makes the environment beautiful