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Learning Task 2 Multiple choice: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answers in your notebook/paper. d. antibiotics d. antibiotics may increase soil acidity. 1. This is the cultivation of a single crop in large areas. Vast tracts of land are converted to rice farms, sugar farms, and coconut farms. a. Water pollution b. Monoculture c. insecticide 2. Farmers spray these chemicals to kill insect pests and weeds. a. Water pollution b. Monoculture c. insecticide 3. Continuous and uncontrolled use of thus destroying soil structure. a. Water pollution b. Chemical fertilizer c. insecticide d. antibiotics 4. It is clearing the Earth's forests on a large scale worldwide and resulting in many land damages. One of the causes of deforestation is to clear land for pasture or crops. a. Deforestation b. Chemical fertilizer c. insecticide d. antibiotics 5. Is the use of plastic mulch in agriculture. Farmers use plastic sheets as mulch to cover 50-70% of the soil and allow them to use drip irrigation systems to have better control over soil nutrients and moisture. b. chemical fertilizer c. plasticulture d. Antibiotics 6. A huge amount of agricultural territory is used primarily as pasture for cattle and antibiotics can move from farms to humans a. Deforestation other livestock a. Grazing b. deforestation c. pesticide d. 7. Antimicrobial resistant bacteria through food and airborne dust. a. Grazing b. deforestation c. pesticide d. antibiotics 8. Resulting from conventional agricultural practices is wide-reaching, affecting both surface and groundwater sources, in agricultural communities and those located downstream. a. Water pollution b. Monoculture c. insecticide d. antibiotics 9. Influences social and environmental determinants of health, including air and water quality and food security. Agriculture and related activities contribute significantly to climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. a. Water pollution b. Monoculture c. climate change d. antibiotics 10. The gradual increase in the concentration of phosphorus, nitrogen, and other plant nutrients in an aging aquatic ecosystem such as a lake. a. Water pollution b. Monoculture c. climate change eutrophication d.​

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Monoculture is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time. Polyculture, where more than one crop species is grown in the same space at the same time, is the alternative to monoculture.[1][2] Monoculture is widely used both in industrial farming and in organic farming. It has allowed farmers to increase efficiency in planting, managing, and harvesting but it can also increase the risk of diseases or