October 5 Jeopardy

Norman Borlaug

100

What prestigious prize did Borlaug win in 1970?

Nobel Peace Prize

200

In what country did Borlaug do his main research on wheat?

Mexico

300

Borlaug was inducted into the Hall of Fame for what sport?

wrestling

400

When he was a teenager, what invention transformed life for farming families like Borlaug's, and who invented it?

Tractor, Henry Ford

500

Borlaug said that his achievements were only providing a brief window of time during which the world had to solve what problem?

Out-of-control population growth

Green Revolution: pros

100

How many lives has the Green Revolution been estimated to save? 

1 billion or more

200

What effect has Green Revolution technology had on food prices? 

Food prices have decreased.

300

How has Green Revolution technology affected where food can be grown? 

Green Revolution technology has made it possible to grow food almost anywhere. 

400

How has Green Revolution technology helped to save wild places? 

Because it takes less land to grow food, wild land does not have to be converted into farmland. 

500

Green Revolution technology has reduced the need for fallowing. What does this mean? 

Not cultivating fields every season, but letting a field rest once every few years so it recovers nutrients. 

Green Revolution: cons

100

What effect has the Green Revolution had on the amount of food that is wasted? 

As a consequence of the Green Revolution, there is much more food waste.

200

Besides fertilizer, what other sort of chemicals are needed to produce high yields using Green Revolution technology? 

Pesticides

300

Green Revolution technology depends on abundant irrigation. What is the word for an underground reservoir of water that is often tapped for irrigation? 

Aquifer

400

A lot of Green Revolution crops produce seeds that are sterile. What does that mean, and what are the consequences for farmers? 

The crops that are grown do not produce seeds that can be planted for another harvest. It means that farmers have to buy new seeds each year. 

500

Name two ways that Green Revolution technology has disrupted local cultures and traditions. 

_{The Green Revolution has}

_{- replaced traditional food crops with new crops}

_{- eliminated small family farms as huge industrial farms have taken over}

_{- resulted in millions of families moving from rural areas to cities}

Genetics: assume red flowers are dominant

100

In genetics, what is the opposite of dominant?  

recessive

200

If a plant has yellow flowers, what do we know about the genes it inherited from its parents?

It inherited a yellow flower gene from each of its parents. 

300

Can a plant with red flowers and a plant with yellow flowers produce a plant with yellow flowers? Explain your answer. 

Yes, if one parent has one red and one yellow gene and the other parent has two yellow genes, half of their offspring will have yellow flowers.

400

What does GMO stand for? 

Genetically modified organism

500

Two plants that each have one red flower gene and one yellow flower gene are crossed. The seeds from their offspring are then planted. Out of 100 new plants, how many would you expect to have yellow flowers?

25

Review

100

Where did Flossie Wong-Staal grow up? 

Hong Kong

200

What college did George Washington Carver teach at?  

Tuskegee Institute

300

What type of virus is HIV?

retrovirus

400

What is the small space between two nerve cells called? 

synapse

500

Carver suggested that Alabama farmers plant peanuts because he knew that peanuts would put what nutrient back into the soil?

nitrogen