Unit 4 Reading Study Guide
Focus your reading on the following concepts:
Chapter 7
- Accelerated soil erosion
- The Dust Bowl
- Shelterbelts
- Factors affecting the rate of soil erosion by water
- Conservation tillage
- The Food Security Act
- Natural Resource Conservation Service and conservation districts
- Alternative agriculture vs. conventional farming
- Sustainable agriculture
- Precision farming
- Community-supported-agriculture
Chapter 8
- Pesticides vs. herbicides
- Monoculture
- Bioaccumulates and biomagnification
- Pesticide treadmill
- Beneficial insects
- Pesticide effects on humans, fish, and wildlife
- Integrated Pest Management
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- General vs. restricted pesticides
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