Agriculture Practice Test

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

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

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

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