The Conservation Reserve Program

question 38

Multiple Choice

The Conservation Reserve Program

• A)bought up farmland to set aside for wetlands and wildlife reserves.
• B)paid farmers to convert farmland to forests.
• C)encouraged greater farm production to export to countries setting aside land for wildlife conservation.
• D)has driven many farmers into industrial occupations.

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Definitions:

Photosynthetic Organisms

Organisms that convert light energy into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis, including plants, algae, and certain types of bacteria.

Photons

Elementary particles of light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, with wave-particle duality.

Thylakoid Membrane

Inner membrane system that carries out light-dependent reactions in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.

Light-Dependent Reactions

The phase of photosynthesis where light energy is captured by chlorophyll and converted into chemical energy stored in ATP and NADPH, essential for the subsequent synthesis of glucose in the light-independent reactions.