B3 - Problems With Food Production

Question 1

What can easily occur when animals are in crowded spaces?

Answer 1

Spread of disease.

Question 2

How do farmers prevent the spread of disease between crowded animals?

Answer 2

Gives them antibiotics.

Question 3

What is the problem with farmers giving antibiotics to crowded animals?

Answer 3

It can cause resistance so they become less effective as a human medicine.

Question 4

What effect does a lot of food miles have on the cost of production?

Answer 4

Makes it more expensive.

Question 5

Apart from the cost, what is another disadvantage of a large amount of food miles?

Answer 5

Fossil fuels used for petrol contribute to global warming.

Question 6

What has overfishing led to?

Answer 6

Declining fish stocks.

Question 7

What are the results of declining fish stocks? [3]

Answer 7

1) less fish to eat.
2) food chains are affected.
3) extinction.

Question 8

Name 2 ways to prevent overfishing.

Answer 8

1) fishing quotas.

2) altering net size.

Question 9

What are fishing quotas?

Answer 9

They set limits on the number & size of fish caught.

Question 10

How does altering the net size prevent overfishing?

Answer 10

Making the mesh size bigger means that less unwanted/young fish are caught.

Question 11

What has the opinion that battery farming is cruel led to?

Answer 11

A demand for organic meat.