Question 1

List five methods of sustainable agriculture affecting soil,fertilizer,livestock,herbicides,pesticides,water,and/or energy.

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Soil:
•Rotating crops increases nitroge...

Question 2

Which of the following accurately describes aquaculture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Farmed fish need not be fed to sustain the practice. 
B)   It provides about 50 percent of the world's fish for consumption. 
C)   It is successful in freshwater lakes but not in ocean waters. 
D)   Currently available technologies cannot yet make it sustainable. 
E)   As a practice, it little energy.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

A study calculated the carrying capacity of 10 different eating patterns and concluded that the best option was a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   vegan diet 
B)   vegetarian diet 
C)   diet containing about 33 percent meat and dairy 
D)   diet containing about 50 percent meat and dairy 
E)   diet containing mostly meat and dairyF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

What percentage of the world's food supply is wasted along the way from farm to final consumption?

Accepted Answer

A)   15% 
B)   25% 
C)   33% 
D)   50% 
E)   75%F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Approximately how many people are served by the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?

Accepted Answer

A)   14 million 
B)   24 million 
C)   34 million 
D)   44 million 
E)   54 millionF) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

Olivia works two part-time jobs to support her three children.Her financial priorities are to pay the rent and provide healthy food and medical necessities for herself and the children.On the day before payday,when the food is running low,Olivia sometimes eats a small evening meal to leave more food for her children.Olivia is experiencing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   High Food security 
B)   Marginal food security 
C)   Low food security 
D)   Very low food security 
E)   Food povertyF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

________ is defined as an inadequate amount of food due to a lack of resources.

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Question 8

Where did the worst famine in the 20th century occur?

Accepted Answer

A)   India 
B)   China 
C)   Ethiopia 
D)   Ireland 
E)   SudanF) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Which of the following is a major contributor to the world's supply of food energy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Barley 
B)   Soybeans 
C)   Rye 
D)   Sorghum 
E)   Adzuki beansF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

How does eating a plant-based diet lower one's ecological footprint?

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Some foods require more water,more ferti...

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