Erosion in America
Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies
and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of
farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated
due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and
the pollution problems causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical
natural resource problem.
As we understand from the reading, today, soil erosion in America:
a) causes humans to place new demands on the land.
b) happens so slowly that it is hardly noticed.
c) is the most critical problem that the nation faces.
d) is worse in areas which have a lot of petroleum production.
e) is worse than it was in the nineteenth century.
RESPOSTAS: E
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