Unit 3 - KA1 - Food Security

Question 1

The ability of human populations to access food of sufficient quality and quantity

Answer 1

Food security

Question 2

Must be sustainable and not degrade the natural resources needed for agriculture.

Answer 2

Food Production

Question 3

Rapidly increasing and causing an increasing global demand for food.

Answer 3

Human Population

Question 4

Methods used to increase food production while conserving the natural resources wherever possible.

Answer 4

Sustainability

Question 5

Struggle for existence between two organisms

Answer 5

Competition

Question 6

production of carbohydrate by a plant using the energy of light

Answer 6

Photosynthesis

Question 7

Examples include cereals, potato, roots and legumes.

Answer 7

Plant Crops

Question 8

A feeding level in a food chain

Answer 8

Trophic level

Question 9

Agricultural animals

Answer 9

Livestock

Question 10

Organism that damages agricultural produce and reduces food security

Answer 10

Pest

Question 11

Human practice of growing crops and keeping livestock to maintain food security

Answer 11

Agriculture

Question 12

The rate of generation of new biomass per unit area per unit of time

Answer 12

Productivity

Question 13

The total plant biomass

Answer 13

Biological Yield

Question 14

The mass of desired product

Answer 14

Economic Yield

Question 15

Value obtained by dividing dry mass of economic yield by dry mass of biological yield

Answer 15

Harvest Index