Ch 8.3

Question 1

T/F- As income increases, so does the consumption of meat

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F- Generally more money equals better diets and better health (affluence)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F- Consumption of animal products decreases with wealth

Answer 3

False, increases

Question 4

T/F- On average, Americans consume 225 pounds of meat per person per year

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T/F- the recommended amount of protein ,50 grams a day, equals about 40 pounds of protein per year

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Obesity and associated diseases increased in countries where meat consumption has increased is known as

Answer 6

Affluence

Question 7

a situation in which meat or dairy animals are raised in confined spaces, maximizing the number of animals that can be reared in a small area is known as

Answer 7

Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)

Question 8

T/F- The methods used to rear animals, especially industrial methods such as CAFOs, raise environmental concerns such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, water and air pollution, and climate change; rearing large numbers of animals in close quarters raises ethical concerns.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What are some of the many issues concerning meat production?

Answer 9

• Lack of sustainability
• Negative impacts on human health
• Worldwide habitat destruction
• Air and water pollution
• Facilitation of climate change
• Overuse of antibiotics and the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria

Question 10

What is one of the major problems associated with CAFOs specifically related to what it does with manure?

Answer 10

Advantage- some is used as fertilizer
Consequence- if it is not used as fertilizer the rest may be stored in lagoons or other water sources

Question 11

Pig farm in North Carolina, where in 1994 the lagoons collapsed. What happened to the river where the infected water was stored?

Answer 11

Water went into New River, killing 10 million fish, closing shellfish areas, and producing a big stench.

Question 12

the amount of CO2 (and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change) released to the atmosphere by a person, company, nation, or activity is known as the

Answer 12

Carbon Footprint

Question 13

T/F- CAFOS have very large carbon footprints- about 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 13

True

Question 14

GO BACK TO SLIDE 12

Question 15

the amount of edible food that is produced per unit of feed input this is known as

Answer 15

Feed conversion ratio

Question 16

What measures how quickly and efficiently any given animal converts the food it eats into body mass. ( Higher the number, the less efficient)

Answer 16

Feed conversion ratio

Question 17

T/F- About 75% of all US cropland is used to grow food for livestock

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The amount of water consumed by a given group (that is person or population) or for a process (such as raising livestock) is known a

Answer 18

Water Footprint

Question 19

For meat production, what are the two primary water uses?

Answer 19

growing the feed
handling the vast quantity of manure that is produced

Question 20

Memorize chart on slide 16,17

Question 21

T/F- Rearing animals, such as cattle, on pasture imposes a
lower environmental burden than CAFOs, but the meat and dairy produced this way will likely cost more due to the loss of efficiencies of scale that CAFOs offer

Answer 21

True

Question 22

This type of farm rear different species of animals )or a mix of animals and plant crops) together, typically in some sort of rotation this farm is known as

Answer 22

Polyculture farms

Question 23

What type of farms fits the following characteristics
Animals are raised on pasture farms
for their whole lives.
* Animals are healthier because they
eat a more natural diet of grass and
spend more time moving around.
* Meat and milk are healthier.
* This type of farm addresses many of
the ecological problems associated
with feedlots.

Answer 23

Sustainable Farms

Question 24

The legislation that deals with many aspects of the production and sale of farm-raised commodity crops is called

Answer 24

U.S. Farm Bill

Question 25

When per capita income for a city or group of people goes up and the citizens have great access to the two key food sources is known as

Answer 25

Affluence