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CCEA GCSE Agriculture and Land Use crop production quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which is the most important crop on most Northern Ireland farms?

  2. Which of these is a weed rather than a sown grass?

  3. Why is white clover valued in a grass sward?

  4. What is the Northern Ireland Recommended Varieties List used for?

  5. As grass matures and goes to seed, its nutritional value:

  6. Why is air excluded when making silage?

  7. Which set of indicators is used to judge silage quality?

  8. A 200 g grass sample is oven dried to 40 g. What is the percentage dry matter?

  9. Which factor affecting crop yield can a farmer NOT control?

  10. One benefit of crop rotation is that it:

  11. What does it mean to call a crop genetically modified (GM)?

  12. Which is a disadvantage of widespread GM crop use?

  13. Which machine is used to break the soil down into a fine seed bed?

  14. How does organic crop production mainly differ from conventional production?