Unit 7A - The Flower Trade Fill in the Blanks

People often _________ that the fresh-cut flowers they buy were grown somewhere nearby.

Thanks to high-tech cooling systems, flowers can be _________ and sold at a florist shop thousands of miles from where they were grown.

The Netherlands is the country that _________ the flower trade.

The Netherlands _________ around half of the world's cut flowers.

The government of the Netherlands _________ a considerable amount of money in flower research.

The government of the Netherlands invests a _________ amount of money in flower research.

Scientists in the Netherlands look for ways to _________ flowers from being damaged and ways to strengthen their natural fragrance.

Scientists in the Netherlands look for ways to prevent flowers from being damaged and ways to strengthen their natural _________.

It is easy to grow flowers in Equador because the rainy periods are _________.

The flower _________ has helped to improve Equador's economy.