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Review (ALL 3)
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The widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
What is famine
100
This can be caused by low rainfall or irrigation
What is salinization
100
Removing from a population faster than that population can produce is _________
What is overharvesting
100
____ are domesticated birds raised for meat and eggs
What is poultry
100
The quantity of food produced on a given area of land with limited inputs of energy and resources is ____ ______
What is food efficiency
200
The type and amount of food that a person eats
What is diet
200
_______ are NOT known to be major crop pests A. Insects B. Weeds C. Amphibians D. All of the above
What is C. Amphibians
200
One way governments are trying to reduce overharvesting is establishing _______
What are no-fishing zones
200
Examples of livestock include...
What is chicken, cattle, sheep, pigs, ect
200
Name a tool of biological pest control
What is pathogen, plant defense, chemical from plant, etc.
300
Malnutrition is almost entirely a result of _______
What is poverty
300
The ability of a life form to develop a tolerance to a pesticide
What is pesticide resistance
300
This many animals have been domesticated
What are 50 animals
300
______ is human activity or natural damages to a land so it can't support the ecosystem
What is land degradation
300
_____ ____ are not easily broken down in the environment
What is persistent pesticide
400
A plot of land can produce more food when it is used to grow ______ than when it supports _______
What is plants, animals
400
This is produced by an organism; influences another organism's behavior
What is pheromone
400
This country has the largest population of cows (but they are hardly ever killed)
What is India
400
Irrigation water comes from ____
What is rivers or groundwater
400
Problems with food distribution can cause ___ in a region
What is famine
500
People in developed countries tend to eat more foods, and a larger proportion of proteins and ____ than people in developing countries
What are fats
500
The bottom soil layer is _______
What is bedrock
500
Aquaculture most likely began in ____, _____ years ago
What is China, 4,000
500
Poultry is important to humans because it contains ____
What are amino acids
500
_____ _______ was harmed by the green revolution
What is subsistence farming