Ch. 10 voacb

Question 1

Fuel replacements for petroleum that are derived from organic materials.

Answer 1

Biofuel

Question 2

Raising fish and shellfish in controlled environments.

Answer 2

Aquaculture

Question 3

Using various methods of pest control to control pets.

Answer 3

Integrated Pest Management

Question 4

A shortage of nutrients that the body needs.

Answer 4

Malnutrition

Question 5

Too few calories each day.

Answer 5

Under Nutrition

Question 6

Too many calories each day

Answer 6

Over Nutrition

Question 7

Factory farms .

Answer 7

Feedlots

Question 8

Organisms that have been changed using recombined DNA technology.

Answer 8

Genetically Modified Organisms

Question 9

A process in which scientists manipulate an organisms genetic material in the lab by changing segments of DNA.

Answer 9

Genetic Engineering

Question 10

DNA that has been changed using technology.

Answer 10

Recombinant

Question 11

The genes that are taken from one organism and placed in another.

Answer 11

Transgenes

Question 12

Growing food without using synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.

Answer 12

Organic Agriculture

Question 13

Chemicals used to kill insects, weed, and fungi.

Answer 13

Pesticides

Question 14

The process in which male sex cells of a plant fertilize female sex cells of the same species of plant.

Answer 14

Pollination

Question 15

The idea that we should not take on any new action without understanding the consequences of that action.

Answer 15

Precautionary Principle

Question 16

The guarantee of an adequate, safe, nutritious, and reliable food supply available to all people at all times.

Answer 16

Food Security

Question 17

The planting of a single crop

Answer 17

Monoculture

Question 18

The dramatic increase in production of crops in the mid to late 20th century.

Answer 18

Green Revolution