Crop Cultivation Quiz
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Which of the following is an example of a non-food crop?

  • Maize
  • Fruit trees (correct)
  • Cut flowers
  • Wheat
  • What is the definition of a crop?

  • A plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence (correct)
  • A plant that can only be grown for profit
  • A plant that is grown in hydroponics
  • A plant that is harvested as food for livestock
  • What are the four crops that account for about half of global primary crop production?

  • Potato, barley, soybean and sorghum
  • Sugar cane, maize, wheat and rice (correct)
  • Cotton, sugarcane, barley and rye
  • Wheat, rice, soybean and potato
  • How much did the global production of primary crops increase between 2000 and 2021?

    <p>54%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of industrial crops?

    <p>Produced for clothing, biofuel or medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Most crops are cultivated in ______ or hydroponics

    <p>agriculture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Some crops are gathered from the wild often in a form of intensive gathering (e.g. ginseng, yohimbe, and ______)

    <p>eucommia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and ______ crops

    <p>industrial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The global production of primary crops increased by 54% between 2000 and 2021, to 9.5 billiontonnes, which is 2% higher thanin 2020. This represents 3.3 billion tonnes______ than in 2000

    <p>more</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Four crops account for about half of global primary crop production: sugar cane, maize, ______ and rice

    <p>wheat</p> Signup and view all the answers

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