Unit 5 Farming/Food Impacts

Question 1

Overfishing, soil degredation, overhunting overuse of groundwater

Answer 1

Tragedy of the Commons

Question 2

Climax community wiped out, raises temp, increase erosion, reduce algae growth, impacting food chains overall, lowers biodiversity, mono culture occurs

Answer 2

ClearCutting

Question 3

Shift in agriculure away from small, family, operated farms to large, industrial, scale agribusiness.

Answer 3

Green Revolution

Question 4

Heavy machinery decreases…

Answer 4

Water holding capacity

Question 5

Positives for irrigation

Answer 5

Makes agriculture possible in dry areas

Question 6

Negatives of Irrigation

Answer 6

Deplete groundwater and cause soil salinization, waterlogging

Question 7

Growing one type of crop allowing one crop to be more available but decreasing biodiversity

Answer 7

Monocropping

Question 8

Increases soil erosion, loss of organic matter and topsoil nutrients over time, increased PM in air

Answer 8

Monocropping

Question 9

4 types of irrigation

Answer 9

Furrow, Drip, Flood, Spray