AP HUG -- Module 41 practice quiz [Consequences of Agricultural Practices]

Well-and-pump technology to reach aquifers

Construction of large dams to store water for future use

Water control land reclamation used in the Netherlands

Channeling water from subsurface springs to irrigate terraced fields

Diversion of rivers and streams for agricultural irrigation

There will be a decrease in the use of pesticides because synthetic fertilizers help to reduce the number of pests attacking the crops.

There will be a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in the farm's immediate vicinity.

There will be an increase in dissolved mineral salts, making the soil too saline for crops to grow.

There will be an increase in algae blooms in bodies of water as a result of nutrient runoff from fields.

There will be extensive erosion and an increase in desertification as a result of the high volume of manure created in CAFO facilities.

The government will provide each farmer with at least two oxen to cultivate the fields.

Irrigation ditches will be dug from nearby streams to provide constant water to the crops.

Monocropping will be encouraged, with each farmer exchanging produce with other farmers.

Farmers will practice species diversification by planting several different types of crops in each garden.

Women in villages will work together to clear the fields of dried stalks and leaves from previous crops before planting the new crop.

Burning parts of the Brazilian rain forest by pioneer subsistence farmers and ranchers to clear land for crops and cattle

Seasonal movements of pastoralist families in Mongolia and Norway

Construction of a dam on the Columbia River to divert water from Washington to Oregon

Terracing the slope of the mountains in the valley of the Hong River by the Hani people of China

Cultivation of corn in Colorado to sell in U.S. states where corn is a primary export product

Biodiesel is fuel made from olive oil and is produced in California and Italy

Farms that produce corn for ethanol are dispersed throughout the United States and Mexico.

Brazil produces twice as many gallons of ethanol per acre as the United States by using fermented sugarcane instead of fermented corn.

Corn is the primary source of ethanol in Brazil, while wheat is the primary source in the United States.

Biofuels are produced only in the United States because only corn can be used.

Building terraces on sloping land to grow rice, which destabilizes hillsides

Burning small areas of forested land for subsistence farming, which increases biodiversity

Burning extensive areas of forested land to create pasture, which decreases biodiversity

Moving livestock to higher pasture areas in the spring, which leads to soil degradation

Clearing small patches of land to pasture dairy cows, which decreases water pollution from runoff

Composted manure has introduced valuable nutrients into previously depleted soils.

Feed grains have eliminated potentially harmful invasive plant species from farmland.

Concentrating large numbers of farm animals in small spaces has decreased the release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Runoff from animal waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.

Land development has increased the available water supply for other farming practices.

An increase in profits that is limited to farmers in developed countries

An increase in land and water pollution from agricultural runoff

A decline in insect-borne diseases and improved health at the global scale

A decrease in the price of agricultural products due to lower labor costs associated with applying chemicals over widespread areas in one application

An increase in the use of genetically modified crops