ESS 101 B EXAM 2 ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
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industrialized agriculture
Answer:
-large farms fossil fuel driven machinery intense use of pesticides, fertilizer, and irrigation high
yield plant varieties
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Who started the green revolution?
Answer:
Norman E. Borlaug
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Factors in the Green Revolution
Answer:
1.) High yield, pest resistant crops 2.) Intensive use of fertilizer 3.) Irrigation 4.) Selective use of
pesticides
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goal of the Cooperative Agricultural Program (Mexican govt. and Rockefeller Foundation)
Answer:
research focus to increase yields and production
, Question:
What GMO crop did the Cooperative Agricultural Program create?
Answer:
dwarf spring wheat
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problems with Green Revolution
Answer:
-increased pesticide and herbicide use increasing fertilizer use uses lots of fossil fuels price of food
influenced by price of energy traditional/cultural farming replaced
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herbicides
Answer:
kill plants/weeds (roundup)
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insecticides
Answer:
kill insects
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nematocides
Answer:
kill nematoads (small worms)
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Question:
industrialized agriculture
Answer:
-large farms fossil fuel driven machinery intense use of pesticides, fertilizer, and irrigation high
yield plant varieties
Question:
Who started the green revolution?
Answer:
Norman E. Borlaug
Question:
Factors in the Green Revolution
Answer:
1.) High yield, pest resistant crops 2.) Intensive use of fertilizer 3.) Irrigation 4.) Selective use of
pesticides
Question:
goal of the Cooperative Agricultural Program (Mexican govt. and Rockefeller Foundation)
Answer:
research focus to increase yields and production
, Question:
What GMO crop did the Cooperative Agricultural Program create?
Answer:
dwarf spring wheat
Question:
problems with Green Revolution
Answer:
-increased pesticide and herbicide use increasing fertilizer use uses lots of fossil fuels price of food
influenced by price of energy traditional/cultural farming replaced
Question:
herbicides
Answer:
kill plants/weeds (roundup)
Question:
insecticides
Answer:
kill insects
Question:
nematocides
Answer:
kill nematoads (small worms)
Question: