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Procedures should be explained, taught, and practiced.

Optical remote sensing instruments (e.g., “Landsat”) directly measure light that is _____ the earth’s surface.

Which of the following factors helped to set the stage for zero-deforestation commitments such as the Soy Moratorium? 

A student who doesn’t know how to ask other students to borrow a pencil needs which type of social skill support?

Ecosystem services are very obvious because they can easily observed by looking at a landscape.

SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS We provided 4 options for your ‘short essay’ or ‘longer short-answer’ questions. YOU SHOULD ONLY ANSWER 3 OF THE 4 OPTIONS BELOW! (Only 3 will be graded) Be thorough but concise. These are not meant to be long essays like in many other courses (aim for about 5-8 direct and meaningful sentences answering the questions in the prompt)

Although livestock do receive antibiotics, more than 70% of the antibiotics produced globally are used in medical treatments for humans.

Agricultural subsidies:

The UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) framework aims to reduce deforestation in developing countries by facilitating the exchange of carbon credits. In broad terms, explain what carbon credits are and how frameworks like REDD+ facilitate their exchange. Describe two benefits and two drawbacks associated with carbon credits.  

Most of the world’s remaining arable land for future cropland expansion is located in the U.S