(FAAP 2016) - QUESTÃO

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. 

 It is pointed out in the reading that in America: 

a) petroleum is causing heavy soil erosion and pollution problems. 

b) heavy crop production is necessary to meet the demands and to prevent a disaster. 

c) water is undoubtedly the largest cause of erosion. 

d) soil erosion has been hastened due to the overuse of farming lands.

e) there are many ways to reduce erosion.

RESPOSTA: D