ENVSCI - Unit 3 - Impacts of Agriculture on the Environment

The primary reason to eat organic foods:

A monoculture crop:

Factory Cattle Farms (CAFOs) are different than free-range-organic cattle farms because:

"Dead Zones" are a result of synthetic fertilizers. Why does it cause the loss of aquatic life?

"Dead Zones", or areas with no oxygen, are created from the agricultural runoff of:

Groundwater (Aquifers) can be contaminated by which of the following?

Moving DNA from one organism into another could create what negative response when consumed:

In order to control pests, organic farmers use what tool?

In order to improve soil quality, organic farmers add:

In order to reduce soil salinization, farmers should implement which strategy(s):

Bt Corn, Soy and Cotton produces pesticides in the plant, potentially:

What is the greatest source of Greenhouse gases Cattle produce?

Glyphosate (round-up) used on GM soy, GM Corn & GM Cotton is:

Soil erosion on industrial farms causes which of the following environmental impacts?

Topsoil erosion results from what factor(s)

Industrialized agriculture in the USA primarily uses what FOUR components?

Organic food has which of the following properties?

What is the change in the number of Super Weeds from 2002 -2010?

An disadvantage of GMO's is that:

Describe the relationship from the graph above:

A method to reduce the movement of pests without pesticides:

Soil Salinization results from:

What is the principle drawback of broad-spectrum pesticides?

CAFOs raise what type of animals?

All of the following are disadvantages to raising animals in feedlots, except

TWO benefits of industrialized agriculture are:

Synthetic fertilizers cause algae blooms because they have high amounts of _____ & _____:

As advantage of GMOs is that: