Vol 9 Test 7: Seaweed, Celtic language, New product adoption

1, Seaweed has been used to feed animals on some Scottish islands for thousands of years.

TRUE

2, In the 8th century in Japan, eating seaweed was reserved for special occasions.

FALSE

3, The findings at Monte Verde revealed new information about the significance of women’s roles in prehistoric times.

TRUE

4, Potash was Norway’s largest export in the 1800s.

NOT GIVEN

5, Dr Kathleen Drew-Baker is more famous in Japan than she is in the UK.

TRUE

6, The Japanese seaweed industry was destroyed by pollution and ______ in 1948.

typhoons

7, The Japanese seaweed industry recovered as a result of Kathleen Drew-Baker’s research into ______, a seaweed species similar to nori.

laver

8, New methods have resulted in the type of seaweed called ______ becoming a successful crop.

kelp

9, Seaweed farming has provided an alternative source of income for ______.

fishermen

10, Seaweed may be used to minimise the harmful effects of various ______ produced by different industries.

chemicals

11, The cost of production and shortage of ______ may be preventing growth of the industry in Europe.

markets

12, Seaweed production could create very large numbers of new ______.

jobs

13, Seaweed could be used instead of oil to power a small percentage of ______.

vehicles