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Growing Rice

In this quiz, select the correct name for each step of the rice growing process. Check the Rice Glossary for clues.

1.	Before you can plant rice in a rice paddy you have to break up the ground using a mattock, a water buffalo-drawn plough or a small mechanised plough. You might also have to repair irrigation channels and retaining walls. Which step of the rice growing process does this describe?
	threshing storing irrigating preparing rice paddy
2.	While the rice paddy is being prepared, rice seeds can be planted in a nursery to start growing. Here they can be planted closer together. Later the seedlings can be transferred to the rice paddy where they have more room to grow. Which steps of the rice growing process does this describe?
	milling winnowing planting seeds and planting out seedlings drying
3.	While rice is growing it must be protected from being eaten by birds, insects and other pests. What is this step of the rice growing process called?
	storing harvesting managing pests threshing
4.	The rice paddy goes yellow when the rice is ripe. The stalks are then cut roughly at ground level and bundled together. What is this step of the rice growing process called?
	harvesting threshing milling winnowing
5.	Rice grains must then be separated from the stalks. What is this step of the rice growing process called?
	harvesting managing pests threshing winnowing
6.	Rice grains need to be separated from the small bits of chaff. What is this step of the rice growing process called?
	threshing storing winnowing milling
7.	Rice must be very dry before storing it for later use. It might be spread out on sheets of plastic or concrete in the sun. What is this step of the rice growing process called?
	drying milling harvesting storing
8.	Rice needs to be protected from going mouldy or being eaten by pests so that it is available for food all year round. Which step of the rice growing process does this describe?
	storing managing pests eating threshing

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