Question

What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution? It enabled farmers to plant many new types of crops. It allowed farmers to share crops with one another. It introduced new machines to plant and harvest crops. It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.

Answer 1

It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.

Crop rotation created more efficient farming producing more food. Crop rotation replaced the three field method where two fields were planted and the third left open. With the crop rotation method, a farmer can plant all of their fields but they rotate nutrient draining crops with crops that replenish the soil. Corn for example drains the soil of nutrients and is often rotated with soy beans.

Answer 2

The answer is : D. It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better