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How can chemistry contribute to sustainable agricultural practices?
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Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water
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How can chemistry contribute to sustainable agricultural practices?
Answer
Chemistry can improve sustainable agricultural practices by developing fertilizers that enhance crop yield while minimizing environmental impact. Additionally, chemical methods can be used to create pesticides that are less harmful to non-target species, thus promoting biodiversity.
Explanation
A strong answer should directly address the approved learning objective to explain how chemistry can improve agricultural and industrial processes to support sustainable development. This question belongs to Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development within Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water, so the response should use that exact curriculum context rather than a generic statement. The answer is correct when it names the key idea, explains the link to sustainable development, and keeps the wording specific to AQA GCSE revision.
Common mistake
Misattributing chemistry’s role to resource extraction alone
Students often think chemistry only helps by extracting more minerals, ignoring its role in making processes more efficient and less wasteful
Do not treat this as a general statement about sustainable development. Instead, answer by clearly linking the correction to explain how chemistry can improve agricultural and industrial processes to support sustainable development in Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development. This keeps the response inside Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water and prevents a vague or off-topic GCSE answer. The mistake to avoid is: students often think chemistry only helps by extracting more minerals, ignoring its role in making processes more efficient and less wasteful.
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