Unit 2- Animal Contribution to Man

Question 1

What is Engel’s Law?

Answer 1

The proportion of household budget spent on food decreases and income increases.
Wealthy spend less % of their wealth on food.

Question 2

What is lack of food security caused by?

Answer 2

Lack of purchasing power

Question 3

What are renewable resources that convert other renewable resources (plants) into those products and services?

Answer 3

Animal contributions

Question 4

What percent do plants supply total calories to the world?

Answer 4

83%

Question 5

What percent of total calories do animals contribute?

Answer 5

17%

Question 6

How much of the worlds grain production is fed to animals?

Answer 6

1/2

Question 7

What is more important than calories from an animal?

Answer 7

Protein

Question 8

Protein sources

Answer 8

Meat: 54%
Milk: 32%
Eggs: 7%
Fish: 6%

Question 9

Protein from animals in US?

Answer 9

64%

Question 10

Protein from animals world-wide?

Answer 10

39%

Question 11

Percent of calories from animal products in the US?

Answer 11

26%

Question 12

Percent of calories from animal products in developing nations?

Answer 12

17%

Question 13

Animal foods are an important source of ?

Answer 13

Vitamins and minerals

Question 14

Variety meat products

Answer 14

Liver
Tongue
Ox joints
Kidneys
Tripe
Sweetbreads

Question 15

Edible by-products of variety meats

Answer 15

Marshmallows
Gelatin
Sausage casings

Question 16

Inedible and pharmaceutical by-products of variety meats

Answer 16

Leather
Buttons
Glass
Insulin
Estrogen

Question 17

What is Bennet’s Law?

Answer 17

As income rises the ratio of starchy food in the diet falls.
The poor eat more starchy foods suck as grains and root crops.
The wealthy eat more fruit, meat, and vegetables.