How rapidly is farmland being converted to nonfarm use in the United States?

What will be an ideal response?


Each year, 1 million acres of prime farmland and 2 million acres of lesser-quality farmland are taken for nonfarm
use. That works out to about 4 square miles of prime farmland and 8 square miles of marginal farmland lost each
day—or about 960 total acres per hour.

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A. Gas-forming B. Grouting C. Hardening D. Bonding

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Determine the length of pipe needed in a 90-degree offset (centerline-to-centerline) of 30” with a take-off of .65” per fitting side.

What will be an ideal response?

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What type of electrical current reverses its direction periodically?

A) Fission B) Direct current C) Random current D) Alternating current

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For most areas a thatch layer less than ____ inch thick is desirable

A) 0.125? B) 0.5 C) ?0.1 D) 0.25

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