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Food
Food Pt. 2
Crops & Soil
Pests
Animals
100
The energy from food is measured in these units:
What are calories ?
100
This weather-related event can lead to mass starvation if it goes on for a long period of time
What is drought ?
100
If land can be used to grow crops, it is said to be this:
What is arable ?
100
These organisms help create soil by decomposing organic matter:
What are earthworms, insects, fungi , bacteria ?
100
The animals that are raised on farms or ranches to be sold as food or other products are called this:
What is livestock ?
200
The amount of food produced per area is called this:
What is the yield ?
200
People may suffer starvation if they live in this condition:
What is poverty ?
200
The Dust Bowl was a major example of this problem in agriculture:
What is erosion (by wind) ?
200
Overuse of pesticides can lead to this happening in the pests they are used on:
What is resistance ?
200
This could be an example of a ruminant animal:
What is a cow or bull (cattle) ?
300
This is the condition of widespread starvation:
What is famine ?
300
A person who eats no meat is a:
What is vegetarian ?
300
Much usable land for farming is being lost due to the exapansion of this biome /ecosystem :
What is the desert ?
300
Some insects could be beneficial against pest insects, such as:
What is ladybugs OR praying mantids, etc.
300
This could be an example of a poultry animal:
What is a chicken (or turkey) ?
400
People suffer from this when they do not get an adequate amount of nutrients in their diet (even if they eat plenty of food)
What is malnutrition ?
400
A person who eats no meat or foods derived from animals (ex. dairy) is called this:
What is a vegan ?
400
The best kind of substance to grow plants in is this:
What is topsoil ?
400
This is the movement to farm control pests without using harmful insecticides:
What is Integrated Pest Management ?
400
These types of farms are becoming more popular, since over 75% of the Earth's surface could contain them.....
What is aquaculture (or fish farms) ?
500
These are the 3 categories of nutrients that a person should have in their diet:
What are carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
500
This movement starting in the 1950's led to better farming techniques and farm machines, in order to produce more food worldwide:
What is the Green Revolution ?
500
This is a different farming method to help conserve the soil:
What is contour plowing or no-till farming ?
500
The goal of farms today is to have this type of agriculture that feeds everyone, but doesn't harm the environment:
What is sustainable ?
500

Some people are against using animals as food for what reason (s) ?

What is animal welfare, cost/expense, more energy from plants, healthier diet, etc.