Crops and Agricultural Practices

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Which of the following crops has been genetically modified, causing some public concern?

  • Rice
  • Wheat
  • Maize (correct)
  • Barley

Which crop is commonly used as animal feed?

  • Squash
  • Soybean (correct)
  • Sugarbeet
  • Canola

Which of the following crops is harvested to produce oil?

  • Squash
  • Sugarbeet
  • Alfalfa
  • Canola (correct)

Which crop provides food in the US and has organizations promoting common interests?

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Which plant, cultivated in the US, is used as cattle feed?

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Native Americans introduced early settlers to which plant?

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What term is best described as a sudden, significant discovery or advancement?

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What is the term for watching someone to track their actions?

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What does the adjective 'insignificant' describe?

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What does it mean when languages 'evolve'?

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In what context would you 'employ' something?

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What is a 'blank slate' a feature of?

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The word 'versatile' is closest in meaning to which word?

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What is likely to 'regenerate' faster?

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Which of these contains 'bone marrow'?

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Which of these will 'decay' if left unattended for long enough?

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Which of the following is a branch of science?

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What component can be found inside a cell?

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What is a fertilizer used for?

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Which of the following is an example of a double helix?

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What kind of technology is often used in smartphones?

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What can computer technology be credited with transforming in the 1980s and 1990s?

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What are oxygen masks used for in airplanes?

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What is a 'tipping point'?

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What is the purpose of poisonous glands on stingray barbs?

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What does 'to monitor' mean in the context of science and technology?

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What might local authorities try to do to infected rats?

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What has risen considerably in Western Europe due to advancements in medicine?

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Flashcards

Blood Circulation

The movement of blood through the body.

Fertilizer

A substance added to soil to promote plant growth.

Double Helix

The shape of DNA, resembling a twisted ladder.

Groundbreaking Innovation

Radically new or important; pioneering.

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Cutting Edge

Extremely modern and advanced.

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Disastrous

Extremely harmful or unfortunate.

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Undesirable

Not wanted or desirable.

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Bring About Change

To cause or initiate a change.

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Exterminate

To completely destroy or get rid of something.

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Prediction

A forecast of something to happen.

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Genetic Modification (Food)

Introducing genetic material into a plant's genes to transfer desirable traits.

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Soybean

A plant often genetically modified and used for animal feed and oil production.

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Canola

A plant harvested to produce oil.

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Sugarbeet

Crop providing sugar

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Alfalfa

Flowering plant in the pea family used as cattle feed.

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Breakthrough

An important advance or discovery.

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Guidelines

Principles or rules that provide direction.

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Surveillance

To carefully watch, observe, or monitor.

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Bridge a gap

To reduce the distance or difference between two things.

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To evolve

To develop or change gradually over time.

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To employ

To make use of something; to use something for a particular purpose

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Pluripotent

Capable of developing into many different cell types.

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Versatile

Adaptable; able to do many different things.

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Regenerate

To regrow or restore through natural processes.

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Bone marrow

Soft, spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are produced.

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Microbe

An extremely small living organism.

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Cardiac Arrest

Arrest in the function of the heart

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Genetics

Field of science dealing with genes and heredity.

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