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Polyculture lessens the need for fertilizer and water.

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B) False

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Question 42

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Monoculture is a method of growing food that is characteristic of ____.

A) industrialized agriculture
B) polyculture
C) traditional subsistence agriculture
D) traditional intensive agriculture
E) both industrialized agriculture and traditional intensive agriculture

F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

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What kind of cropping is where one or more crops, usually legumes or other crops that add nitrogen to the soil, are planted together and between orchard trees or fruit-bearing shrubs, which provide shade?

An important type of food-producing system that is the most rapidly increasing type in use in the world is ____.

Extensive irrigation can lead to a buildup of salts left behind when water evaporates.

A chemical produced by animals to control their developmental processes at different stages of life, among other functions, is known as a ____.

Plantation agriculture is used primarily to reduce soil erosion and restore soil fertility, not for its value in producing crops to sell.

The practice of ____________________is where fish are raised in freshwater ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and rice paddies, and in underwater cages in coastal and deeper ocean waters.

Foods that are labeled as ________ must have at least 95% of their ingredients that meet that description.

What would likely be found on an organic farm?

Industrialized livestock production generates only small quantities of greenhouse gases, insignificant compared with those emitted by factories and cars.

A food desert is an area in the countryside where desertification is a major problem.

A farmer begins to grow lettuces in tanks, running water from fish tanks through the lettuce plants as fertilizer and then returning the water to the fish tanks. This is an example of ____________________.

The extensive use of herbicides to control weeds that grow alongside crops that have been genetically modified to be herbicide resistant can lead to selection for ____________________.

Although traditional agriculture is common in many parts of the world, the United States primarily uses ____________________ agriculture for food production.

What is a major cause of soil salinization?

When people do not consume sufficient amounts of vitamin A, they can go blind.

Most soil erosion is caused by ____.

Explain some ways that natural enemies can be used for pest control and why is this a sustainable practice. Discuss how governments can use policies to improve food security.

One drawback to integrated pest management is that it ____.