Biology: Quiz 4: How do plants help people?

The years of drought in India that showed the need for change were...

1965-1966

History indicates that ancient man was intellectually primitive.

False

Evidence from archaeology shows that civilization and... have a common date of origin in history.

Farming

The use of wheat as food can be traced to the area of...

Middle East

The man who received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping feed the hungry was...

Norman Borlaug

It is likely that man had a knowledge of agriculture since his creation.

True

(Select all that apply.) Choose the three most fundamental necessities which plants provide for people.

clothing shelter food

Wheat appears to have originated from a wild species of...

grass

How were some of the hunger needs of India solved?

improved plant genetics and crop management increased per acre yield due to better plants;

The green revolution in food production is referring to the _____ of plant output.

increased yield

It has been taught that the early population of the earth remained small because:

man was limited to hunting man was limited to gathering wild foods man was primitive

Peanuts, flax, sunflowers, safflower and cotton are all grown for their...

oil

Besides giving an earth-home to us, God gave us the... to take care of it, of each other, and of ourselves for Himself.

responsibility

What primary genetic characteristic of wheat dramatically helped wheat production in India?

short term

Sugar beets and...were specifically developed by agronomists to increase needed food supplies.

triticale

Napoleon encouraged sugar beet production because the sugar cane source was cut off by...

war

Today's most important food crop is...

wheat

The triticale supplement is made from _____ and _____.

wheat and rye