Modern Agriculture Web-Quest

Name: ______Period: ___

Modern Agriculture Web-quest

Watch the following timeline video and answer questions on how agriculture has changed over the past 80 years. http://www.croplifeamerica.org/crop-protection/modern-agriculture

The questions with the ** are answered right in the timeline, the others you might have to look up. (Hint: Pause the video while you’re watching to answer the questions.)

**1. In the 1930’s one farmer supplies food for ______people in the U.S.

**2. What year did the dust bowl occur? ______

What is the dust bowl?

What is soil erosion?

**3. What year was the first daily nutrition guide published? ____

What is nutrition?

**4. What year did farmers start using tractors? ______**5. In the 1950’s one farmer supplies food for ______people.

What is irrigation?

**6. What year was the Clean Water Act passed? ______

What is the Clean Water Act?

**7. In the 1980’s one farmer supplies food for ____ people.

**8. What year did the first automatic irrigation system develop?

What does tilling the soil mean?

**9. In what year does one farmer supply food for 100 people? _____

Why is learning about modern agriculture important to us? What has changed about agriculture over the past 80 years? (Please answer using 3-5 complete sentences)

Click on how we support crop protection

Click on crop protection and sustainability

Answer the following questions:

1. What does IPM stand for?

2. What are different forms of IPM?

3. What are some ways in which pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides are helpful? (Name at least 3)