In India, which segment of the population benefitted the most from the Green Revolution?
A) environmentalists
B) merchants, particularly those who owned their own fleet of trucks
C) poor farmers in the drier parts of the country
D) poor farmers who had access to water
E) wealthy farmers who owned large tracts of land
E
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A. decommissioning B. beta radiation C. transuranic waste D. light-water reactor E. heavy-water reactor F. U-235 G. radioactive half-life H. alpha radiation I. thermal pollution J. nuclear fusion K. nuclear fission L. gamma radiation M. radiation N. moderator O. rem P. nuclear breeder reactor
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia about
A) 10,000 years ago. B) 100,000 years ago. C) 1.1 million years ago. D) 1,000 years ago. E) 10 million years ago.
The 0 degree Meridian is the same as the ________.
a. International Date Line b. equator c. perihelion d. Prime Meridian e. geographic grid
The immense amounts of energy taken in by hurricanes are
a. converted to kinematic energy. b. used in chemical substractions. c. lost through convectional cooling at the top of the storm. d. converted to kinetic energy and lost through radiational cooling e. lost through hail.