Question 1

Wind is the largest cause of soil erosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Would you be willing to eat less meat in order to reduce the destructive ecological footprint of modern affluent societies? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Answer should explore the high carbon fo

Question 3

In 2009, rising food prices and a sharp drop in international food aid resulting in more than 1 billion people being hungry and malnourished.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Today in America, four of the top ten causes of death are diseases related to diet including all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) Down's syndrome 
B) type 2 diabetes 
C) some forms of cancer 
D) heart disease 
E) stroke 
A) Down's syndrome 
B) type 2 diabetes 
C) some forms of cancer 
D) heart disease 
E) stroke

Question 5

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-By what percentage did the catch increase from 1950 to 1970?

Accepted Answer

A 200% inc

Question 6

Projected climate is expected to greatly increase severe and prolonged drought, and expand desertification in this century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Today we produce more than enough food to meet the basic nutritional needs of every person on the earth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

____________________ is a method of growing plants with their roots in troughs of water inside a greenhouse.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ is a method of growing plants...

Question 9

The methane that cattle produce each year in the U.S.has an atmospheric warming effect equal to that of 33 million automobiles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The United States leads the world in the amount of its cropland dedicated to growing organic food.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Four of the following are advantages of using aquaculture to produce fish; one is a disadvantage.Choose the disadvantage.

Accepted Answer

A) high yield in small volume of water 
B) reduces overharvesting of fisheries 
C) uses grain for feed for some species 
D) low fuel use 
E) high profits 
A) high yield in small volume of water 
B) reduces overharvesting of fisheries 
C) uses grain for feed for some species 
D) low fuel use 
E) high profits

Question 12

Anemia may be the result of a deficiency in

Accepted Answer

A) cobalt 
B) iodine 
C) iron 
D) calcium 
E) phosphorus 
A) cobalt 
B) iodine 
C) iron 
D) calcium 
E) phosphorus

Question 13

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s).
-How many kilograms of grain does it take to produce one kilogram of beef?

Accepted Answer

The answer of   
 
Use the Figure above...

Question 14

According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, ____________________ percent of American farmland is losing topsoil 17 times faster than new topsoil is being formed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service,...

Question 15

Which of the following soil horizons is considered topsoil?

Accepted Answer

A) O 
B) A 
C) B 
D) C 
E) E 
A) O 
B) A 
C) B 
D) C 
E) E

Question 16

Large scale, industrialized fishing fleets use 12.5 times more energy catching fish than the fish provide to the people who eat them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Three grain crops provide 48% of all the food calories.Which of the following includes those three grains?

Accepted Answer

A) rice, wheat, corn 
B) oats, rice, wheat 
C) corn, wheat, oats 
D) corn, rice, maize 
E) oats, maize, rice 
A) rice, wheat, corn 
B) oats, rice, wheat 
C) corn, wheat, oats 
D) corn, rice, maize 
E) oats, maize, rice

Question 18

Approximately 26 million children each year suffer irreversible brain damage from lack of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) cobalt 
B) iodine 
C) iron 
D) calcium 
E) phosphorus 
A) cobalt 
B) iodine 
C) iron 
D) calcium 
E) phosphorus

Exam 12: Food, Soil, and Pest Management

Wind is the largest cause of soil erosion.

Would you be willing to eat less meat in order to reduce the destructive ecological footprint of modern affluent societies? Explain your answer.

In 2009, rising food prices and a sharp drop in international food aid resulting in more than 1 billion people being hungry and malnourished.

Today in America, four of the top ten causes of death are diseases related to diet including all of the following except

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -By what percentage did the catch increase from 1950 to 1970?

Projected climate is expected to greatly increase severe and prolonged drought, and expand desertification in this century.

Today we produce more than enough food to meet the basic nutritional needs of every person on the earth.

____________________ is a method of growing plants with their roots in troughs of water inside a greenhouse.

The methane that cattle produce each year in the U.S.has an atmospheric warming effect equal to that of 33 million automobiles.

The United States leads the world in the amount of its cropland dedicated to growing organic food.

Four of the following are advantages of using aquaculture to produce fish; one is a disadvantage.Choose the disadvantage.

Anemia may be the result of a deficiency in

Use the Figure above to answer the following question(s). -How many kilograms of grain does it take to produce one kilogram of beef?

According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, ____________________ percent of American farmland is losing topsoil 17 times faster than new topsoil is being formed.

Which of the following soil horizons is considered topsoil?

Large scale, industrialized fishing fleets use 12.5 times more energy catching fish than the fish provide to the people who eat them.

Three grain crops provide 48% of all the food calories.Which of the following includes those three grains?

Approximately 26 million children each year suffer irreversible brain damage from lack of which of the following?

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