Read the following file from National Geographic and answer the questions that follow:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/agriculture/7th-grade/
Questions: (answers should come from the article)
1.
What is the definition of Agriculture?
2.
What does the article stat was “one of the earliest agricultural tools”?
3.
In 6000BCE a new wheat came about that allowed us to make bread. What part of the world
did it come from?
4.
What machinery did the following people invent to further agriculture?
Jethro TullEli WhitneyJohn Deere-
5. In Biology, you learned about Gregor Mendel and his work with pea plants. How did his work
help agriculture?
6.
According to the article, what is the definition of “pests”?
7.
What does GMO stand for?
8.
What is the definition of a GMO?