Food Security
What term describes having reliable access to enough safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy life
What is food security?
Energy security means having a reliable supply of what resource?
What is energy?
What is the term for burying waste in the ground in a managed area?
What is a landfill?
What is Sustainability
What is the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Name a global organization that works to reduce hunger.
What is the World Food Programme / Food Aid
Name one environmental factor that can reduce crop yields and threaten food security.
What is drought / soil erosion / flooding / climate change? (any valid)
Name a renewable energy source used to improve energy security.
What is solar / wind / hydroelectric / geothermal /
Name one benefit of recycling.
What is conserving natural resources, reducing landfill waste, using less energy, etc.?
Term for producing crops and livestock using less chemical input and more natural processes.
What is organic farming?
Give one reason why global energy demand is increasing.
What is population growth, industrialization, technological development, etc.?
How can using corn or sugarcane to make biofuels affect food prices?
It can make food more expensive because the crops are used for fuel instead of food.
This term describes a country relying heavily on imported fuel.
What is energy dependence?
Waste that does not break down naturally is called what type of waste?
What is non-biodegradable waste?
The process of converting waste materials into new, usable products.
What is recycling?
Explain how population growth impacts both food and energy security.
What is increased demand for food and energy, greater resource use, strain on infrastructure, etc.?
Give one way climate change can negatively impact global food security.
What is increasing frequency of droughts, unpredictable rainfall, heat stress on crops, etc.?
Give one environmental problem caused by the use of fossil fuels.
What is air pollution, acid rain, climate change, habitat destruction?
Explain why plastic waste is especially harmful to marine life.
What is animals ingesting it, entanglement, microplastics, toxins released, etc.?
Term describing resources that cannot be replaced within a human lifetime.
What are non-renewable resources?
What is long term energy security
supply of energy that is in line with economic developments and environmental needs
Identify one social or economic reason why some regions remain food insecure despite adequate global food production.
What is poverty, political instability, war, unequal distribution, lack of infrastructure, etc.?
Explain why some countries struggle to transition to renewable energy even though it is sustainable.
What is high start-up cost, lack of technology, lack of skilled workers, unstable governments, etc.?
State one advantage and one disadvantage of incinerating waste.
What is short term energy security
systems that react promptly to sudden changes in the supply and demand balance
What do we call any resource that comes from nature, like water, wood, or minerals?
What is a natural resource?