AP Environmental Science 5.I: Meat Production
Practice AP Environmental Science questions on meat-production efficiency, CAFOs, free-range grazing, overgrazing, and environmental impacts.
- Syllabus
- Effective Fall 2025
- Course
- AP Environmental Science
Practice AP Environmental Science questions on meat-production efficiency, CAFOs, free-range grazing, overgrazing, and environmental impacts.
The following graph shows how global uses of habitable land have changed since 1700.

Land Use Changes on Earth, 1700-2018
Based on the data in the graph, describe the relationship between the land use changes in the wild grasslands and grazing from 1700 to 1950.
Based on the data in the graph, describe the relationship between the land use changes
in the wild grasslands and grazing from 1700 to 1950.
Accept one of the following:
- The percentage/amount of wild grasslands has decreased, and the percentage/amount of grazing (land) has increased.
1 point
Identify an environmental problem associated with overgrazing by livestock.
Identify an environmental problem associated with overgrazing by livestock.
Accept one of the following:
- Loss of vegetation
- Soil erosion
- Desertification
- Sedimentation/turbidity in waterways
- Soil compaction
1 point