Which Statement About the Impact of Raising Farm Animals Is

question 76

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the impact of raising farm animals is FALSE?

• A)It takes 40 kcals of fossil fuel to obtain 1 kcal of beef protein.
• B)Animals raised on small farms consume scraps,crop wastes and grasses that people cannot eat.
• C)Animals raised in agribusiness are so efficiently raised that the impact on the environment is quite small.
• D)Livestock raised in the US consume 7 times the amount of grain as consumed by the human population.

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