Chapter 9

Question 1

What are 3 ways eating meat can negatively impact the environment?

Answer 1

Feed conversion
GHG emissions
Water consumption

Question 2

What is FCR?

Answer 2

Food conversion ration is the efficiency of an animal to convert a mass of food (input) into a desired mass of food.(output)

Question 3

Is it better for animals or people to eat the grains?

Answer 3

if the grains were consumed by humans directly then a lot less land would be needed for food production and this would improve our ability to preserve natural areas and biodiversity

Question 4

Meat and Fish have a large carbon footprint

Answer 4

True - studies indicate that meat (and some fish) has a large carbon footprint

Question 5

Define carbon footprint.

Answer 5

A carbon footprint refers to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, product or person

Question 6

Which animals have the largest water consumption?

Answer 6

Pork and beef

Question 7

Define animal welfare

Answer 7

. An animal is in a good state of welfare if (as indicated by scientific evidence) it is healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, able to express innate behaviour, and if it is not suffering from unpleasant states such as pain, fear and distress

Question 8

What are the 5 freedoms ?

Answer 8

Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury or disease
Freedom to express normal behaviour 
Freedom from fear and distress

Question 9

Vegetarianism and veganism are the same thing.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The carbon footprint per food calorie of chicken is comparable to that of broccoli.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which of the following animal product consumes the most water (on a per pound basis)?

Answer 11

Beef

Question 12

The Farm Animal Welfare Council in the UK defines animal welfare using three freedoms.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

A famous philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, stated that the important philosophical question related to killing animals for meat is “Can they reason?”.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The following label is the most useful in assessing good animal welfare practices

Answer 14

Animal Welfare Approved

Question 15

“Flexitarianism” involves eating a semi-vegetarian diet with the occasional inclusion of meat.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Arguments in favour of meat consumption include:
a) the ability of an animal to contribute constructively on an integrated farm

b) the potential for turning food waste into high-quality protein
c) the ability to use grasslands to produce human food
d) all of the above
e) two of the above

Answer 16

D - All of the above

Question 17

Land for livestock is the largest human use of land.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Global production of meat is projected to stay relatively stable over the next 35 years.

Answer 18

False