Imagine a Global Crisis That Wiped Out Mechanized Agriculture Across

question 21

Essay

Imagine a global crisis that wiped out mechanized agriculture across the world. If your society were forced to return to a more localized subsistence strategy, what would be most appropriate for your environment? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Chemically Unreactive

Describes substances that do not easily undergo chemical reactions or change their chemical structure in the presence of other substances.

Reflectivity

The measure of the proportion of light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, often impacting climate and temperature.

Earth's Climate

The global patterns of weather and atmospheric conditions affecting the entire Earth, influenced by solar radiation, oceans, landforms, and human activity.

Temperature

A physical quantity expressing hot and cold, measured with a thermometer and quantitatively determined by the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.