Industrial Agriculture

_________ agriculture causes massive topsoil erosion and aquifer depletion

• Sustainable

• Industrial

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

_________ raised animals are regularly fed antibiotics to promote growth and keep them alive in unsanitary conditions.

• Sustainably

• Industrially

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Industrial agriculture maximizes production and profits by using excessive amounts of chemicals pesticides, herbicides and hormones.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Factory farms concentrate enormous numbers of animals in small areas, storing their waste in huge lagoons.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Industrial modern agriculture refers to ...

• Large Scale Agriculture Using Machines to Produce Large Amounts of Crops for Sale

• Small Scale, Intensive Agriculture

• Large Scale Agriculture using Machines to Produce Small Crops for Individual Families

• Small Scale, Extensive Agriculture

Which type of agriculture involves large scale farming operations that uses heavy machinery, synthetic chemicals & fossil fuels?

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Plantation Agriculture

• Industrialized Agriculture

• Organic Agriculture

Characteristics of Agro-Industralization

• Crop Rotation, Biological Pest Control

• Highly Mechanized, No-till Farming

• Large, Monoculture

• Crop Diversity, Chemical Pesticides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Monoculture crop systems means...

• One crop is grown

• Many crops are grown

Match each characteristic of industrial agriculture with its description.

• Pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics

• Specialization

• Shift toward fewer, larger farms

• Consolidation

• Focus on 1-2 crop or animal species only

• Mechanization

• Use of machines

• Chemical and pharmaceutical use

The focus on growing only one crop, common in industrial crop production.

• Uniculture

• Monoculture

• Solo-cropping

• Consolidation