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Climate Change and Agriculture: Eastern Shore Style
A Web Quest
Part I. Use the internet and websites below to complete each task.
1. Use https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-
agriculture-and-food-supply_.html to locate the following information.
Name the five climate factors directly connected to climate change and agricultural
productivity._____________________________________________________________
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What are the implications of climate change for North America?____________________
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Use information from this site to both confirm and dispute the following claim "Climate
change will be good for agriculture in North America."
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2. Use http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Maryland/County_Profiles/2010/Worcester.pdf
to locate the following information.
Explain the trend in Maryland farm numbers from 1997-2010.______________________
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Which commodity had the highest sales value in Worcester County in 2010?__________
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List the five commodity crops in Worcester County in 2010._______________________
