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WorksheetsYear 9 Farming problems
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Identify the chemical that a farmer will apply to his crop to kill weeds
Selective herbicide
Pesticide
Chemical fertiliser
Selective breeding
Identify the process that has been used to produce crops with large yields
Eutrophication
Selective breeding
Land clearing
Organic farming
Identify the process that avoids the use of chemical sprays to grow crops
Organic farming
Selective breeding
Eutrophication
Land clearing
State the term for the total number of species found in a habitat or ecosystem
(a)
Land clearing increases biodiversity
True
False
State the term for the chemicals that are sprayed on crops to kill insects that eat the crop
(a)
Neonicitinoid pesticides have been band because they kill bees
True
False
Identify the process that leads to the growth of blooms of algae in freshwater habitats
Land clearing
Organic farming
Eutrophication
Selective breeding
Oxygen is used up by bacteria in lakes where eutrophication has occurred causing fish to die
True
False
Organic farming requires less space to grow the same amount of a crop
True
False
