Statistics
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Agriculture in Canada
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How much of Canada has about enough precipitation for farming?
95%
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How many cases of Mad Cow Disease have there been in Canada?
1!
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Give two reasons why agriculture is important in Canada
Profit, trade, economy, or food.
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What is a Pesticide?
a pesticide is a chemical that kills harmful plants or insects.
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Why did farmers build their farms near cities?
Farmers built their homes near the cities so they would be close to market.
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What percentage of their income does the average Canadian spend on food?
11%
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Why are farms being destroyed around large cities nowadays?
The cities are expanding and wiping out the farms.
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Name one element in soil.
Minerals, water, air, bacteria or humus
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What is organic farming?
Farming that uses no chemicals in the whole process.
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How do you calculate GDD's?
Subtract 6 degrees from the average temperature of a specific day. (8-6=2 (GDD=2))
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What percent of Africa gets 10-12 months of rain?
8%
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Why is using sustainable agriculture techniques a good idea?
It helps your farmland stay healthy so your plants are better and the land stays useful for longer as well.
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What is evapotranspiration?
Evapotranspiration is the water evaporating off the leaves (or sweat)
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What is mechanization?
When machines do most of the work instead of humans or animals.
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How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
As much wood, as a woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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What percentage of Canada is class 1 farmland?
0.5%
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Increased use of mechanization has reduced cost of food, but what is the negative side to using them?
They decrease the number of available jobs, because farms are decreasing, and the machines are taking over the humans and animals original jobs
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What are two harmful affects of GMO's?
Cancer, allergies, or staying in soil for long periods of time
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What are GMO's (or Genetically Modified Organisms)?
Genes that have desirable characteristics transferred to an organism.
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Why can't Africa grow many good crops?
Africa can't grow many good crops because the precipitation is very unevenly spread throughout the land, so the plants either get drowned or scorched.
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What percentage of Canadian jobs are related to agriculture?
20%
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What does BSE stand for?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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DAILY DOUBLE Who wrote the saying "Buy land. They've stopped making it."?
Mark Twain
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What is the definition of Sustainable Agriculture?
Farming that does not harm the soil or environment over a long period of time.
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What is mad cow disease called in humans?
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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