Definitions
Land that is suitable for farming is called?
Arable Land
What is one of the major reasons that most people are undernourished?
Economic Reasons
Advances in genetics enabled scientist to directly alter the genes of organism, including ?
Crop plants and livestock
The use of genetic engineering to introduce new genes into organisms to produce more valuable products is called?
Biotechnology
Crops reduce carbon emissions for two reasons, list one way crops help reduce carbon emissions:
-If crops need fewer pesticide applications, then the equipment used to apply pesticides uses less fuel.
-If herbicides -resistant crops encourage the adoptions of no-till farming then more carbon remains in the soil and is not released to the atmosphere.
Regions on land that have degraded soil and has made raising crops and livestock more difficult are known as?
Drier regions
In 2018, the Department of Agriculture classified 37.2 million American households as "__________," or lacking the income required to obtain sufficient food at all times.
Food Insecure
Industrial Agriculture has enabled us to do what?
Feed more people
Biotechnology has helped us develop several things, list two:
-Develop medicines
-Clean up pollution
-Improve crops and livestock
Why are farmers from developing nations struggling to keep up with GM organisms?
Farmers in developing nations cannot afford to buy expensive GM seed every year.
The guarantee of an adequate and reliable food supply for all people at all times is known as?
Food Security
A disease that causes bloating of the abdomen, poor hair quality, skin problems, mental disability, lowered immunity, developmental delays, anemia.
Kwashiorkor Disease
This type of revolution could improve world nutrition and the efficiency of agriculture while lessening impacts on ecosystems, is called?
Gene Revolution
Many GM crops today are engineered to resist herbicides, why is this beneficial to farmers?
So that farmers can kill weeds without worrying about killing their crops.
Industrial agriculture can have many adverse environmental impacts such as?
Degradation of soils
reliance of fossil fuels
Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition is known as?
Undernourishment or undernourished
A disease that causes the wasting of muscles and many other physical and mental problems. It is most prevalent among children in developing nations.
Marasmus
Any process in which scientist directly manipulate an organism's DNA is called?
Genetic engineering
Plant that are resistant to both herbicides and pest make it more what for farmers?
Efficient
Agriculture that does not deplete soil faster than it forms is called?
Sustainable agriculture
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat is known as?
Malnutrition
What are three essential steps to global food security?
-Maintaining healthy soil and water
-Protecting the biodiversity of food sources
-Ensuring safe food distribution
Organisms that have undergone genetic engineering are called?
Genetically Modified Organisms.
Some potential risk of GM plants is that they might "escape" and pollinate with non-GM plants, why is this concerning?
Harming wild life and natural ecosystems.
Food-growing practices that use no synthetic fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, or herbicides are called?
Organic agriculture