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How can chemistry improve agricultural processes to support sustainable development?
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MCQ
Type
practice
Style
Topic
Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water
Question
- A. By increasing the use of synthetic fertilizers
- B. By developing pest-resistant crops
- C. By promoting the use of fossil fuels
- D. By reducing water usage in farming
Answer
The correct option is By developing pest-resistant crops. This answer is correct because it matches the approved learning objective to explain how chemistry can improve agricultural and industrial processes to support sustainable development in the subtopic Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development.
Explanation
The correct option is By developing pest-resistant crops. By developing pest-resistant crops is correct because it directly supports the approved learning objective to explain how chemistry can improve agricultural and industrial processes to support sustainable development. This belongs to the subtopic Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development within Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water, so the explanation must stay tied to that curriculum context. The other options are incorrect because they either do not answer this learning objective, use a vague statement, or move away from Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development.
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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