Unsustainable Farming Practices Include

question 13

Multiple Choice

Unsustainable farming practices include

• A) abandoning fields and allowing them to go through natural succession.
• B) using herbicides and pesticides.
• C) abandoning the use of irrigation to water fields.
• D) mulching fields after harvest.
• E) planting different crops in the same field in alternating years.

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Definitions:

Heritability

The statistic that indicates the extent to which variation of a certain trait can be traced to genes.

Mutation

A change in the DNA sequence of an organism's genome, which can lead to genetic variation and sometimes result in observable changes in the organism.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, marking the beginning of pregnancy.

Chromosomes

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located within the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), carrying genetic information.