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WorksheetsCh. 15 Food and Agriculture
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 21mins
Match the following
Accumulation of salts in the soil
Salinization
Raising Aquatic plants and animals for human use or consumption.
Aquaculture
Process by which human activities or climatic changes make arid areas more desert like
Desertification
Cud-chewing animal that has 3- or 4-chambered stomachs
Ruminant
The greatest amount of food produced is (a) .
(a) is a condition that occurs when people do not consume enough Calories or do not eat a sufficient variety of foods to fulfill all of the body’s needs.
(a) which is widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food.
(a) is largely a result of poverty and (b) .
In (a) agriculture, plows are pushed by the farmer or pulled by livestock.
In (a) agriculture, machinery powered by fossil fuels is now used to plow the soil and harvest crops.
Label the layers of soil.
Surface Litter
Topsoil
Subsoil
Bedrock
In the United States, about half of the original topsoil has been lost to erosion in the past 200 years. What sentence describes erosion?
Movement of rock, soil, and sand by water.
Movement of rock, soil, and sand by wind.
Movement of rock, soil, and sand by wind and water.
No movement of rock, soil, or sand.
(a) happens when human activity or natural processes damage the land so that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.
What issues are caused with pesticides?
Harm to helpful insects (pollinators)
Harm to Humans who come into contact with the pesticide
Harm to beneficial wildlife
All of the above
Kills Bugs
Promotes plant growth
Type of poison
Can be manure
Can harm humans
About (a) of seafood now comes from aquaculture.
