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Spring FRQ (Question 3) Rubric Code: U5663B By ncarroll Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Geography Type: Exam Grade Levels: 9-12

Spring Final
	1 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts
Question 3 (a)	1 a. Define industrial agriculture (1 point): current stage of commercial agriculture where a shift from the farm as the center of production to the farm being one step in a multiphase process is occuring.	2	3	4
Question 3 (b)	1 b. One advantage for industrial agriculture (2 points: 1 identification or 1 point discussion): -reduction of financial risks and initial investment for small-scale farmers -benefits to consumer-better quality, uniformity, lower price -greater access to global markets, not tied to the “central market” mentality	2 b. One advantage for industrial agriculture (2 points: 1 identification, 1 point discussion): -reduction of financial risks and initial investment for small-scale farmers -benefits to consumer-better quality, uniformity, lower price -greater access to global markets, not tied to the “central market” mentality	3	4
Question 3 (c)	1 c. Two environmental impacts (4 points: 1 point for each identification, 1 point for each discussion): -use of more fertilizers and pesticides, introducing toxic chemicals -use of irrigation, leads to overuse/dependency on water supply -biotechnology, dependency on gmos in order to increase yield	2 c. Two environmental impacts (4 points: 1 point for each identification, 1 point for each discussion): -use of more fertilizers and pesticides, introducing toxic chemicals -use of irrigation, leads to overuse/dependency on water supply -biotechnology, dependency on gmos in order to increase yield	3 c. Two environmental impacts (4 points: 1 point for each identification, 1 point for each discussion): -use of more fertilizers and pesticides, introducing toxic chemicals -use of irrigation, leads to overuse/dependency on water supply -biotechnology, dependency on gmos in order to increase yield	4 c. Two environmental impacts (4 points: 1 point for each identification, 1 point for each discussion): -use of more fertilizers and pesticides, introducing toxic chemicals -use of irrigation, leads to overuse/dependency on water supply -biotechnology, dependency on gmos in order to increase yield