HOW DO PLANTS HELP PEOPLE?

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

Middle East

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

1965-1966

1.The process used to select seeds, nutrients, and season to get the maximum production from a crop 2.The revolution in plant production that greatly increased crop yields

2 green revolution 1 crop production

History indicates that ancient man was intellectually primitive.

FALSE

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

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

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

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

farming

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

food, clothing, shelter

Wheat appears to have originated from a wild species of .

grass

How were some of the hunger needs of India solved?

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

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

increased yield

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 stem

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