Agriculture Practice Test

The trees that compose a shelterbelt fix nitrogen into the soil, limiting the rate of nutrient depletion one would see on a commercial farm.

Shelterbelts provide habitat for wildlife that would otherwise be inhabiting fields and feeding off of crops.

The trees that compose a shelterbelt produce oxygen and fix carbon, combating the threat of climate change.

Shelterbelts limit the rate at which nutrients are leeched from the soil and end up in water tables.

Shelterbelts guard cultivated areas from wind, reducing the rate of soil lost to erosion from wind.