Neco 2017 Agricultural Science Question 1
Practice objective / multiple choice question 1 from the 2017 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
A hermetic storage bag contains harvested maize. The respiration rate at \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) is 0.12% per day. The rate follows a Q10 of \(Q_{10}=2\), i.e., it doubles for every 10°C increase. During a typical day the temperature varies linearly from \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) at 6 am to \(30^{\circ}\text{C}\) at 2 pm, then back to \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) at 10 pm, and remains \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) overnight. Assuming the instantaneous respiration rate scales with temperature according to the Q10 rule, calculate the average daily respiration loss percentage (to three decimal places).
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This is Neco 2017 Agricultural Science Question 1. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
Difficulty level: Hard .
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