Group 511 - Day 01

Question 1

croplands

Answer 1

land where food is grown for food

Question 2

drought

Answer 2

period with no rain

Question 3

deficit

Answer 3

an amount of money that is missing or lacking

Question 4

scarcity

Answer 4

a shortage or short supply of something

Question 5

derive

Answer 5

to obtain something from something else

Question 6

staple

Answer 6

a food or product that people use on a regular basis

Question 7

dire

Answer 7

extremely serious or bad

Question 8

arable

Answer 8

land that is suitable for growing crops

Question 9

livelihood

Answer 9

your way of securing the things you need to live (e.g. your job)

Question 10

constraint

Answer 10

restriction

Question 11

malnourished

Answer 11

not having enough food to maintain good health

Question 12

erratic

Answer 12

not following a regular patter; unpredictable

Question 13

surplus

Answer 13

an excess in the production or supply of something

Question 14

irrigation

Answer 14

system for bringing water to the land so that plants can grow

Question 15

yield

Answer 15

the amount of money or of a product that results from an activity or investment

Question 16

food shortage

Answer 16

lack of food

Question 17

food supply

Answer 17

the provision of food

Question 18

food trade

Answer 18

the buying and selling of food

Question 19

food insecurity

Answer 19

vulnerability or problems with the food supply

Question 20

on the rise

Answer 20

increasing

Question 21

at the mercy of

Answer 21

vulnerable to

Question 22

catastrophic shortages

Answer 22

serious problems associated with the supply of a product

Question 23

current trends

Answer 23

current tendencies

Question 24

devastating impact

Answer 24

a highly desctructive impact

Question 25

civil unrest

Answer 25

public disturbances

Question 26

eliminating waste

Answer 26

eliminating the amount of material that is discarded

Question 27

water shortages

Answer 27

problems with the supply of water

Question 28

household revenues

Answer 28

all of the money earned by one family

Question 29

monsoon

Answer 29

a rainy season

Question 30

spike

Answer 30

a sharp or sudden increase

Question 31

vegetarian

Answer 31

person who does not eat any form of meat or fish

Question 32

vegan

Answer 32

person who does not eat meat or any product derived from animals

Question 33

pescatarian

Answer 33

person who eats fish but no other form of meat

Question 34

Islam

Answer 34

the religion of Muslim people

Question 35

Muslim

Answer 35

follower of the Islamic religion

Question 36

evolve

Answer 36

to develop gradually from a simple to a more complex form

Question 37

lamb

Answer 37

a young sheep

Question 38

joey

Answer 38

a young kangaroo, wallaby or possum

Question 39

guinea pig

Answer 39

a domesticated South American rodent

Question 40

pouch

Answer 40

a small bag; a pocket-like part of the body in which marsupials carry their young

Question 41

cull

Answer 41

to reduce the population of a wild animal through selective killing

Question 42

tender

Answer 42

(for food) easy to cut or chew

Question 43

chewey

Answer 43

(for cooked meat) difficult to chew

Question 44

tough

Answer 44

(for food) difficult to cut or chew

Question 45

picky

Answer 45

excessively selective

Question 46

stern

Answer 46

very serious and severe

Question 47

leather

Answer 47

material made from the treated skin of an animal