Nutrition and Health
Access to safe, nutritious food is known as...
Food Security
Industrialized agriculture uses _____________ ___________ to produce food.
motorized equipment
What can happen is topsoil is lost?
Growing food is very difficult in degraded topsoil
A species that destroys crops, damages homes, makes people sick, or just makes Mr. Mann angry.
Pests
Organic fertilizer is made from...
plant and animal material
Lack of access to nutritious food is known as...
Food Insecurity
What are some of the most common crops grown around the world today?
Rice, Wheat, and Corn
What happens when soil is washed or blown away?
Erosion
What helps to hold topsoil in place?
Plants OR Plant Roots
What can happen if a person is unable to maintain a healthy, nutritious diet?
Chronic Malnutrition
Contrast (What is the difference) between a mono-culture and poly-culture?
Mono-culture = 1 species grown at a time
Poly-culture = Many species grown at a time
The degradation of farmland into desert is known as...
Desertification
Chemicals used to controls and kill pests are known as...
Synthetic pesticies
Aquaponics grows ______________ and _____________ together to produce food sustainably.
fish, plants
A, B, C, D, E, and K are examples of...
Traditional Agriculture is low input farming that uses ______________ ______________ to produce food.
muscle power
soil salinization
Why is natural pest control preferable to synthetic controls?
Natural pest controls are free, sustainable, and safe for the environment.
What are some properties that healthy soil has? (five possible answer, only need one for points)
1. Living things (bugs, plants, fungi)
2. Dark brown color
3. Moisture
4. Crumbly, spongy texture
5. Nutrients and minerals
What could be an impact of chronic malnutrition?
(all acceptable answers)
fertilizer
What are some functions of topsoil? (five possible answers, only need one for points)
1. Purifies water
2. Stores carbon
3. Allows plants (crops) to grow
4. Recycles nutrients
5. Habitat for animals, plants, fungi, etc
IPM's are plans to control pests that combine ______________ and _________________ pest controls.
Why is agrobiodiversity important? (Think about Ringspot disease and Papayas)
What one food species is vulnerable to, another may resist.
The rainbow papaya resisted the disease that the native Hawaiian papaya could not.