Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 1 of 9
Future Farming: A Return to Roots? Scientific American—August 2007
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 2 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 3 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 4 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 5 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 6 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 7 of 9
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 8 of 9
Future Farming: A Return to Roots? Scientific American—August 2007
1. What are the differences that exist between the fields of perennials and annuals?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. Why are annuals artificially selected by early agriculturalists?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. Describe the benefits of the perennial root system.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. Explain the process of hybridization and why it is often used in agriculture.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Name: _________________________ Extra Credit Assignment 26
Page 9 of 9
5. Explain some of the problems that result from hybridization.
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
6. From the reading, what are the benefits that perennials have on climate?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. Do you think it is important to live a sustainable (regarding the environment) lifestyle? Why or why not? Now, are you?
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
