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7. What is rodenticides?
8. What is winnowing?
9. Where in India Tea-cultivation occur?
10. What is carp ?
11. What is apiculture ?
12. What is fishery?
13. What is table breed ?
14. What is laying breed ?
15. What is sitter and non sitter fowl ?
16. Name four animals which provide us food.​

Answer 1

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7) A chemical or other agent used to destroy rats or other rodent pests or prevent them from damaging food, crops, etc. Rat poison is a familiar rodenticide.

8) The process of separating heavier and lighter components of a mixture by wind or by blowing air is called winnowing. This method is used by farmers to separate lighter husk particles from heavier seeds of grain.

9)The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, Orissa.

10)a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers

11)Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans. Most such bees are honey bees in the genus Apis, but other honey-producing bees such as Melipona stingless bees are also kept. ... A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or "bee yard".

11)A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. Most fisheries are marine, rather than freshwater; most marine fisheries are based near the coast.

Answer 2

Required Answer :-

What is rodenticides ?

Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as "rat poison", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, squirrels, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, and voles. Some rodenticides are lethal after one exposure while others require more than one.

What is winnowing ?

Winnowing is an agricultural method developed by ancient cultures for separating grain from chaff. It can also be used to remove pests from stored grain. Winnowing usually follows threshing in grain preparation.

Where in India tea-cultivation occur ?

The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, Orissa.

What is carp ?

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of Africa, Australia and most of the United States.

What is Agriculture ?

Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago.

What is Fishery ?

A fishery is the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life. Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both in fresh water and the oceans. About 500 million people worldwide are economically dependent on fisheries.

What is a Table breed ?

Here is a list of traditional meat breed / table poultry crosses that can be used to create your own hybrid chickens for the table. These birds are called table birds, fryers, broilers, meat birds or roasters. Generally speaking, the faster a bird grows, the more tender the meat is but there are extremes.

What is a laying breed ?

Layer poultry farming means raising egg laying poultry birds for the purpose of commercial egg production. Layer chickens are such a special species of hens, which need to be raised from when they are one day old. They start laying eggs commercially from 18-19 weeks of age.

What is setter and non setter fowl ?

A setter is a hen who will hatch her eggs. A non-setter is a hen who will not hatch eggs. The vast majority of chicken breeds will occasionally go "broody," meaning they will set their eggs and try to hatch them. However, a "setter" usually refers to a breed (or a specific hen) that frequently goes broody.

Name four animals which provide us food

Four animals which provide us with food are:

• Cow: It is a dairy animal which provides us with milk and dairy products.
• Chickens: Chicken is the most popular poultry bird raised for eggs and meat. ...
• Goat: Meat from goats is a type of red meat. ...
• Fish: Fish serve as a source of protein.