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Food Production 2 QP

The document discusses nitrates which are used to produce amino acids needed for growth. Upland rice receives more sunlight than lowland rice. Dry mass is used to measure yield because it accounts for water content.

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Food Production 2 QP

The document discusses nitrates which are used to produce amino acids needed for growth. Upland rice receives more sunlight than lowland rice. Dry mass is used to measure yield because it accounts for water content.

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(c) Suggest why the minerals had different effects on lowland rice and upland rice.
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upland rice recieves more sunlight but lowland doesnt


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(d) The yield is the mass of the useable part of the crop and is measured in kg per m2.
The yield is often measured in dry mass rather than fresh mass.
(i) Suggest why dry mass is used.
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(ii) Suggest how the dry mass of 10 kg of fresh potato tubers could be determined.
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(e) The table gives data as a percentage of the yield with all minerals present.
Explain why a percentage is used rather than changes in kg per m2.
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