Agriculture Chapter 20/21

Question 0

Who helped out with Famine in Ethiopia in 1984? How?

Answer 0

Bob Geldof! Live Aid Concerts!

Question 1

1984 Ethiopian problem

Answer 1

Famine

Question 2

Name the extreme form of hunger in which the body consumes its own tissue

Answer 2

Starvation!

Question 3

What do you call damage by an imbalance in diet?

Answer 3

Malnutrition

Question 4

The increased use of Technology in farming, mining or factory work.

Answer 4

Industrialization.

Question 5

Name the device from 1900, which separated Grain from

Chaff

Answer 5

Threshing Machine

Question 6

What are patterns in Weather called?

Answer 6

Climate

Question 7

Name the outcome of the Green Revolution.

Answer 7

HYV!

Question 8

Term for the “Elevation of land.”

Answer 8

Topography

Question 9

Farming to feed your family

Answer 9

Subsistence farming

Question 10

Farming to sell your crops or animals to the open market is called ….

Answer 10

Cash Cropping

Question 11

Farming with less land, labour and capital on a smaller plot of land is known as …..

Answer 11

Intensive Farming

Question 12

Farming on large vast amounts of land with little capital costs or labour or specialized equipment is called ……

Answer 12

Extensive Agriculture

Question 13

Another name for Transgenic organisms

Answer 13

GMO

Question 14

The GMO called “Golden Rice” was altered to be higher in what two things, both of which aid the body’s development.

Answer 14

Vitamin A and Iron!

Question 15

In the 1950’s Canadians spent 25% today we spend only _____% of our income on food.

Answer 15

11% (p. 285)

Question 16

The Ogallalla Aquifer is currently being used up ______ times more quickly than it can replenish itself naturally.

Answer 16

25 times

Question 17

Keeping the best of our animals and crops for reproduction is known as what?

Answer 17

Selective Breeding

Question 18

Another term for Transgenic Organisms

Answer 18

GMO

Question 19

What is the term for farms being run like businesses by investors looking for returns on their investments?

Answer 19

Agribusiness

Question 20

The 1880’s saw about 80% of Canadians farming, What per cent are farmers today?

Answer 20

3%

Question 21

Another name for conservation tillage, tilling the soil as little as possible, leaving stubble on the field to over-winter.

Answer 21

Zero Tillage or No-Till Cropping

Question 22

Plowing at 90 degree angles to the slope of the land to avoid water erosion is called what?

Answer 22

Contour Plowing

Question 23

A harmful collection of chemical compounds from smokestacks which do not break down easily in the soil, or in a human body are called what?

Answer 23

Heavy Metals! (like mercury)

Question 24

Name the practice of leaving farmland without a crop for a growing season to help build up the nutrients in that soil.

Answer 24

Summer Fallowing

Question 25

A chemical compound designed to feed plants and increase plant growth.

Answer 25

Fertilizer

Question 26

A chemical compound designed to kill off weeds, which compete with crops for sunlight and nutrients is called what?

Answer 26

Herbicide

Question 27

A chemical compound designed to kill off harmful insects, which may impede a plant’s growth.

Answer 27

Insecticide

Question 28

Agricultural production that can be maintained without damage to the ground or environment is known as this.

Answer 28

Sustainable Agriculture

Question 29

How much more land does a “Drylander” need as compared to an irrigating farmer, to earn a similar income level?

Answer 29

4 times

Question 30

Name 2 of the 3 types of Irrigation.

Answer 30

Drip Flood Central Pivot

Question 31

How many products are available in the average North American Supermarket?

Answer 31

47,000

Question 32

Eating …………. on the food chain could result in a surplus of food stores.

Answer 32

Lower