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Video - The Global Seed Vault

1. The vault is designed to hold a maximum of

how many seeds?

2. How cold is it in the permafrost section?

3. What is needed for developing new varieties

of plants?

4. What are 3 of the countries mentioned that

have sent seeds to the Global Seed Vault?

5. What is one reason why the Global Seed Vault

is in Svalbard, Norway?

6. What does the speaker say are ‘cooled down’

in the vault?

7. Why is there an empty shelf in the vault?

8. How many years of agricultural history are

kept in the Global Seed Vault?

9. How many samples of rice are kept in the

vault?

10. Without the material kept in the Global Seed

Vault, agriculture would not be able to do
what?
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