<p>Name: ______Period: ___</p><p>Modern Agriculture Web-quest</p><p>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</p><p>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.)</p><p>**1. In the 1930’s one farmer supplies food for ______people in the U.S.</p><p>**2. What year did the dust bowl occur? ______</p><p>What is the dust bowl?</p><p>What is soil erosion?</p><p>**3. What year was the first daily nutrition guide published? ____</p><p>What is nutrition?</p><p>**4. What year did farmers start using tractors? ______**5. In the 1950’s one farmer supplies food for ______people.</p><p>What is irrigation?</p><p>**6. What year was the Clean Water Act passed? ______</p><p>What is the Clean Water Act?</p><p>**7. In the 1980’s one farmer supplies food for ____ people.</p><p>**8. What year did the first automatic irrigation system develop?</p><p>What does tilling the soil mean?</p><p>**9. In what year does one farmer supply food for 100 people? _____</p><p>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)</p><p>Click on how we support crop protection</p><p>Click on crop protection and sustainability </p><p>Answer the following questions:</p><p>1. What does IPM stand for?</p><p>2. What are different forms of IPM?</p><p>3. What are some ways in which pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides are helpful? (Name at least 3) </p>