Chapter 3 exam

Question 1

Food self-sufficiency refers to the ability of an individual nation to:

Answer 1

grow enough food to feed its people.

Question 2

Modern industrial agriculture methods:

Answer 2

focus all resources on a single crop.

Question 3

What type of crop only grows for one season and must be replanted every year?

Answer 3

annual crops

Question 4

_____ is a complex ecosystem of mineral and organic material, including living organisms such as bacteria, invertebrates, and fungi.

Answer 4

Soil

Question 5

What is the relationship between the Green Revolution and industrial agriculture?

Answer 5

The Green Revolution took practices from industrial agriculture.

pesticide use, irrigation technologies, and high-yield crops

brought them to developing nations like China and India.

Question 6

In sustainable agriculture, _____ is to soil erosion as _____ is to soil fertility.

Answer 6

terrace farming; crop rotation

Question 7

superweeds have acquired the gene for _____, which makes them tolerant to all herbicides.

Answer 7

HT

Question 8

What form of malnutrition involves a person consuming too many calories or too much of a specific nutrient like fat or sugar?

Answer 8

overnutrition

Question 9

Consumers enjoy many benefits from sustainable farming. Which example is a benefit of sustainable farming to consumers?

Answer 9

no pesticide residue on produce

better taste

animal products contain no hormones

fresher produce

Question 10

The distance a food travels from its site of production to the consumer is:

Answer 10

referred to as food miles.

Question 11

Sustainable farming techniques do NOT include:

Answer 11

heavy pesticide use.

Question 12

What scientific field considers the area’s ecology and indigenous knowledge and favors agricultural methods that protect the environment and meet the needs of local people?

Answer 12

agroecology

Question 13

Which statement is INCORRECT regarding GMOs?

Answer 13

GMOs have been exhaustively shown to not pose a threat to living organisms, including humans.

Question 14

Which sustainable farming technique disrupts the life cycle of pests, making it difficult for pest populations to build up and cause outbreaks?

Answer 14

crop rotation

Question 15

What must we learn to preserve in order to be able to feed the world’s population and future generations?

Answer 15

seeds

Question 16

The productivity of farmland is governed by the _____ of its soil.

Answer 16

health

Question 17

The farming technique that is seen in most industrial farms is called _____ agriculture.

Answer 17

monoculture

Question 18

A farm that plants genetically identical crops likely uses _____ agriculture methods.

Answer 18

industrial

Question 19

Having physical, social, and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food is called:

Answer 19

food security.

Question 20

What is a pro of high-yield varieties of crops introduced globally during the Green Revolution?

Answer 20

more grain produced