3.1a: Food Supply

Question 1

Explain why there is a demand for increased food production.

Answer 1

Due to the increased population and the need for sustainable food.

Question 2

Define food security.

Answer 2

The ability of human populations to access food of sufficient quantity and quality.

Question 3

Describe 3 ways to increase food production.

Answer 3

breeding of higher cultivators
use of fertilisers
protecting crops from pests, disease and competition

Question 4

Name the reaction that all food production is depended on.

Answer 4

Photosynthesis

Question 5

Examples of plant crop.

Answer 5

Potato, roots cearals and legumes.

Question 6

Name the characteristics that breeders seek to develop in crops.

Answer 6

Higher nutritional value
Resistance to pests and disease
Physical characteristics suited to rearing and harvesting
Physical characteristics that can thrive in a specific environment

Question 7

Why in livestock production less food per unit area is produced?

Answer 7

This is due to the loss of energy between trophic levels

Question 8

Give an example when livestock production is more suitable than growing crops.

Answer 8

Livestock production can be used in areas where crop growing is unsuitable

Question 9

Explain why argiculture production is limited.

Answer 9

Theres limited field

Question 10

What is food production depended on?

Answer 10

photosynthesis