Question

what is a farm?
farming, also known as agriculture, is the practice of cultivating soil and growing crops and/or livestock for food and other products. livestock can include cows, chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, hogs, goats, as well as other less common meat sources like emu, ostrich, and buffalo. examples of non - food products that come from farming are cotton (from plants), wool (from sheep), and leather (from cows). there are also tree farms that provide the raw material (wood) for building materials and paper products.

in the u.s. in the 1800s, when the government was trying to populate the west, a law called the homestead act of 1862 allowed people to \homestead\ land. they basically borrowed the land from the government and farmed it. as long as they remained on the land and produced crops, the land became theirs.

a family farm is the oldest way of managing agricultural activities in the u.s. once, all farms were owned and operated by families, and passed down from generation to generation. today, most farms are owned by giant corporations, and family farms are becoming increasingly rare. while family farms might consist of a few hundred acres, corporate farms are typically made up of a few thousand acres.

1. the practice of cultivating soil and growing crops and / or livestock for food and other products is called:

a. homesteading
b. farming
c. agriculture
d. b and c

1. which of the following products comes from something that is produced on a farm?

a. cotton
b. paper products
c. leather
d. all of the above

1. homesteading in the 1860s meant:

a. cultivating soil and growing crops
b. raising livestock for food
c. borrowing land from the government and farming it
d. providing water to farmland using reservoirs

Explanation:

Question 1

The passage says "Farming, also known as agriculture, is the practice of cultivating soil and growing crops and/or livestock for food and other products". So both farming and agriculture refer to this practice. Option d includes both b (Farming) and c (Agriculture), which matches the definition.

The passage states cotton comes from plants (farmed), wool from sheep (farmed), leather from cows (farmed), and tree farms provide wood for paper products. So cotton (a), paper products (b, from farmed wood), and leather (c) all come from farm - produced items. Thus, all of the above (d) is correct.

The passage says "In the U.S. in the 1800s... a law called the Homestead Act of 1862 allowed people to 'homestead' land. They basically borrowed the land from the government and farmed it". This matches option c.

Answer:

d. B and C

Question 2