Invasive Species
Biodiversity
Genetics
Food Security
100
What method of control involves introducing a predator that will eat the target species?
Biological control
100
What is monocropping?
When farmers grow just one kind of crop.
100
What is DNA sequencing?
DNA sequencing is the laboratory process of determining the exact order of the four chemical building blocks that make up a DNA molecule.
100
Describe food security.
Freedom from hunger based on availability, access, nutrition, and reliability.
200
Gray wolves have been reintroduced to the Rocky Mountains and are hunting deer. Is this an invasive species?
No!
200
What important role do pollinators have in biodiversity?
Pollinators are critical for the reproduction of flowering plants which leads to an increase in genetic diversity as different populations are able to mix.
200
What is an example of selective breeding?
ex: dog breeds, chickens, etc.
*Guide's discretion*
200
On a global scale, how does women's access to food compare to men's?
Worse. "Opportunities for education and, therefore, for developing skills for generating income are often fewer for women. Women often do not obtain the nourishment in their diets that men do." - Peace Corps
300
What method of control involves direct editing of DNA?
CRISPR!
300
Give an example of humans having a negative impact on biodiversity.
ex: monocropping, deforestation, overfishing
*Guide's discretion*
300
GloFish are fish that scientists have put GFP (green fluorescent protein) into. GFP was originally found in sea jellies. What is this process called?
Transgenics.
300
What is one strategy you can do to reduce food waste?
400
An invasive species wipes out all of the primary consumers in an ecosystem. What trophic level will have a population jump? What trophic level will have a population drop?
1. Producers.
2. Secondary consumers.
400
Give an example of humans positively impacting biodiversity.
ex: reintroducing native species, habitat restoration
*Guide's Discretion*
400
To avoid apples from browning, scientists silenced one of the genes. What is this an example of?
Bioengineered food
400
How much of the food that is made for people to east is wasted?
40%
500
What is the name of the invasive species that is referred to as "the vine that ate the south"?
Kudzu
500
The three levels of biodiversity are ecosystem, __________, and genetic.
Species!
500
How is mitochondrial DNA passed down?
It is passed down matrilineally, meaning it's inherited entirely from the female parent.
500
According to our guest speaker James, what is an obstacle that an urban gardener may encounter while trying to increase food security?
ex. fast food doesn't require cooking, low interest in vegetables
*Guide's discretion*