Posts Tagged ‘crops’

Question: How does a humid climate effect crops?
I’m doing a project about North carolina which has a humid climate. Their major crop is tobacco. I was wondering hwo a humid climate effected crops. Does a humid climate means it gets more rain fall?

Answer:

Answer by Cory K
Humidity has no correlation to the amount of rainfall a place gets. Humidity is the amount of moisture in the air, not the atmosphere (which would be seen as clouds). Humid conditions can be good for certain crops, such as tobacco. Plants in dry areas, such as deserts, get moisture from the air when it’s humid, and they survive that way. Certain plants prefer humidity because the moisture helps them survive.

If we had a sustainable and viable relationship with our ecology instead of a superficial unsustainable one reliant upon non-renewable resources, wouldn’t our population be better moderated because our resources would inevitably be distributed in a manner that wouldn’t enable population increases that are reliant upon resources which are both limited and unsustainable?

Any time an excess of resources is introduced to any population in nature it causes a population increase, which explains why the human population exponentially grew after the Agricultural Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution allowed for further population increases due to practices such as mechanized agriculture. The adaptation of ‘developing’ countries’ economies into economies that are internationally competitive influenced those populations to increase as well because agriculture changed from self-sustainment to surplus-oriented mono-crops; having more children became an economic benefit to them because children are a source of labor to them.

In arguing this I am advocating more indigenous lifestyles in which people have a more immanent and engaged relationship with their immediate local ecologies which, I believe, would create more favorable political and economic relationships worldwide. I think it would imply self-sufficiency and having immanent, viable, and engaged relationships with the people immediately around us instead of being so globally interdependent upon each other for trade, labor, and resources.

I think our ecology is essentially our economy, and that our political actions are directed by our economies which are determined by our ecologies. If you dislike the political climate, shouldn’t you consider that the source of political power lies in how a society relates to its actual environment? Is this a valid way to understand our ecological, economic, and political paradigms?

1.which does not damage plants?
a.sulfur oxide
b.carbon monoxide
c.hydrocarbons
d.nitrogen oxides
e.ozone
ab.all of the above
ac. none of the above

2.fertilizers which are used to grow crops are_considered pollutants.
a.never
b.sometimes
c.always

3.which of the fallowing is not a direct cause of breathing problems?
a.sulfur dioxide
b.nitrogen oxide
c.ozone
d.lead
e.particulates
ab.all of the above
ac.none of the above

4.why are most of our current energy sources not concidered as fuels for the future?
a.they dont produce enough energy to meet our needs
b.theres not enough supply
c.they cause pollution and health concerns
d.all of the above
e.none of the above

5.which does not represent kinetic energy?
a.water used to turn turbines
b.wind used to generate energy
c.steam used to run an engine
d.wood which will be used later to hear a house
e.all of the above
ab.none of the above

What are the specific climate changes for the Southeast United States? This year crops were ruined by too much rain, will this continue? What is the longer range prediction?