
Fill in the Blanks Food for the future VOCOnline version Test your vocabulary practice of the unit in the lab. by Atenas Leticia García Gámez 1 stored crop continents seed famine historic scale varieties banks Today , there are about 1 , 400 seed banks around the world . These keep seed from all safe in the event of a large - global crisis , such as a . One of the largest banks lies inside a mountain in Spitbergen , just 1 , 300 km from the North Pole . This is a backup for all the world's other seed . In 1996 , director Cary Fowler commented that the seed bank's opening " marks a turning point in safe guarding the world's diversity . " Billions of seeds are now kept there . They are in a permanently chilled , eathquake - free zone 120 meters above sea level . This should allow seeds to remain high and dry , even if the polar ice caps melt .

Fill in the Blanks

Food for the future VOCOnline version

Test your vocabulary practice of the unit in the lab.

by Atenas Leticia García Gámez

stored crop continents seed famine historic scale varieties banks

Today , there are about 1 , 400 seed banks around the world . These keep seed from all safe in the event of a large - global crisis , such as a . One of the largest banks lies inside a mountain in Spitbergen , just 1 , 300 km from the North Pole . This is a backup for all the world's other seed .

In 1996 , director Cary Fowler commented that the seed bank's opening " marks a turning point in safe guarding the world's diversity . " Billions of seeds are now kept there . They are in a permanently chilled , eathquake - free zone 120 meters above sea level . This should allow seeds to remain high and dry , even if the polar ice caps melt .