Agriculture Trivia

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What is the general term for growing crops and raising livestock for human use?

Answer: Agriculture

Bonus fact: Agriculture includes crop cultivation, animal husbandry, and related practices.

The traditional Indigenous North American “Three Sisters” planting system combines corn, beans, and what third crop?

Answer: Squash

Bonus fact: Corn, beans, and squash can complement one another when grown together.

Which scientist is strongly associated with the 20th-century Green Revolution and the development of high-yield wheat varieties?

Answer: Norman Borlaug

Bonus fact: Norman Borlaug received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for work connected to increasing food production.

Corn was first domesticated by Indigenous peoples in what region?

Answer: Mexico

Bonus fact: Modern maize was domesticated from teosinte in what is now Mexico thousands of years ago.

A farm is land primarily used for growing crops or raising what?

Answer: Livestock

Bonus fact: Farms produce food, fiber, and other agricultural products.

What agricultural practice alternates different crops on the same field over successive seasons?

Answer: Crop rotation

Bonus fact: Crop rotation can help manage soil nutrients, pests, and diseases.

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