Crop Growing Skyscrapers Reading Answers For IELTS

Answers For IELTS Crop Growing Skyscrapers Reading Answers

1.   Onions

Paragraph 2 of the passage mentions the indoor farming technique and the hothouse production of tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables, which has been trending for quite some time. 

2.   Artificial lighting

Paragraph 4 talks about a setback of the vertical farming method, i.e. the requirement of artificial lights for plants, unlike their regular counterparts. 

3. Three Billion 

In paragraph 2, there is mention of an urgent need to expand the technology for feeding three billion members of the population. 

4.   Australia

In the first paragraph, Australia is mentioned explicitly where it says that approximately 120 hectares of new land, which is 20% bigger than Australia, should be able to cultivate sufficient food for feeding people if conventional practices of farming continue in the same manner as they are implemented in the current scenario. 

5.   Methane gas 

The third paragraph talks of how, while the system would need energy, it would replenish the same in another format to the grid through the generation of methane gas from the composting of non-edible plant parts. 

6. Horizontal Farming

In the second paragraph, it is mentioned that vertical farms will be guaranteeing sustainable development, the production of a safe and varied food chain (round-the-year production of all crops), and urban renewal, along with the reconstruction of those ecosystems that were previously hampered by horizontal farming. 

7. Multi-Storey 

The second paragraph talks about multi-story buildings where the growth of crops takes place in environment-friendly circumstances. This also talks of how the concept, if implemented in urban areas, would lead to lower costs of transportation for food. 

8. True

The indoor farming technique is not something new, as mentioned in the second paragraph, where it talks about the hothouse production of onions, tomatoes, and other vegetables. 

9. True

The first paragraph mentions that by the end of 2050, nearly 80% of the population of the Earth will shift to urban centers. 

10. False

The third paragraph mentions how this practice will go a long way towards lowering the requirement for shipping, plows, and tractors, considerably reducing fossil fuel consumption. 

11. True

The third paragraph discusses how all food and crops may be organically produced, neglecting the inorganic products of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. 

12. False

The first paragraph talks of how, by making use of the conservative estimates in the present demographic trends, the human population density will increase exponentially up to three billion. 

13. False

The fourth paragraph states how besides the advantages, a major setback of vertical farming is that the plants need artificial light, unlike traditional farming.