Module 28

Question 1

Concentrated animal feeding operation

Answer 1

A large indoor or outdoor structure designed for the maximum occupancy of animals and maximum output of meat

Question 2

Manure lagoon

Answer 2

Human-made pond lined with rubber built to handle large quantities of manure produced by livestock

Question 3

Free-range grazing

Answer 3

Allowing animals to graze outdoors on grass for most or all of their lifecycle

Question 4

Nomadic grazing

Answer 4

The feeding of herds of animals by moving them to seasonally productive feeding grounds, often over long distances

Question 5

Overgrazing

Answer 5

Excessive grazing that can reduce or remove vegetation and erode and compact the soil

Question 6

Desertification

Answer 6

Transformation of arable, productive, low-precipitation land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use such as overgrazing and logging

Question 7

Fishery

Answer 7

A commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region

Question 8

Fishery collapse

Answer 8

The decline of a fish population by 90 percent or more