Deck 13: Food

Question 1

Growing food crops as monocultures was a major advance in the sustainability of food supplies.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Aquaculture can be considered a type of monoculture.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Selective breeding is an example of genetically modified organisms (GMO)

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Although agriculture does use irrigation, it has minimal impact on the world's water supply.

Question 5

Use of synthetic fertilizer has an impact on the nitrogen cycle.

Question 6

Biofuels are a threat to food security.

Question 7

Switching from a vegetarian to a meat-rich diet would increase a person's Ecological Footprint.

Question 8

Locally grown food, regardless of growing methods, is always environmentally preferable to organically grown food from elsewhere.

Question 9

Organic certification involves third-party verification of how food was grown.

Question 10

Building roofs cannot be used to grow food because soil depth is too shallow.

Question 11

A community garden not only provides food but builds community.

Question 12

Soil is a renewable resource which forms slowly.

Question 13

Soil contains ecosystems.

Question 14

The most essential organisms in soil are the bacteria.

Question 15

Compost should not be used on clay soil.

Question 16

Soil is a carbon reservoir in the global carbon cycle.

Question 17

The Green Revolution was

A) the invention of agriculture
B) the development of fossil fuels
C) advances in fertilizer and plant breeding
D) the beginning of the environmental movement

Question 18

If all humans were vegetarians,

A) Earth's carrying capacity would be reduced
B) the Earth could support a larger population
C) the Earth could support fewer people
D) Earth's carrying capacity would be unaffected

Question 19

The term "food miles" describes

A) how far food travels from where it was grown to where it is eaten
B) how far a person must travel in order to obtain food
C) how far a processing plant is located from farm fields

Question 20

A food desert

A) is a place with little or no food
B) is a place with inadequate water for growing food
C) is a place with too much food
D) is a place that lacks healthy food