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AGRC 112 - Animal Agriculture & Food Science

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Decks in this class (75)

Module 1-Global hunger and malnourishment
What does mder stand for,
What is the minimum dietary energ...,
How do you define malnourishment
39  cards
module 2-the advent of agriculture
What is the neolithic revolution,
How was the beginning of agricult...,
How long ago did the neolithic re...
15  cards
module 2-animal domestication
What was the first animal to be d...,
How long ago were dogs domesticated,
What area did the first dog domes...
23  cards
Module 2-Domesticated livestock
What is involved in the pathway t...,
What is introgressive domestication,
What is the commensal pathway
99  cards
Module 2-the pathway to eating meat
What makes up the first trophic l...,
What part of the trophic level ar...,
Describe what makes up the second...
48  cards
module 2-meat and the human diet
Why eat meat,
Does meat contain all essential a...,
Why is it easier to get all the a...
30  cards
Module 3-what is extensive livestock production
What is extensive livestock produ...,
What is involved with extensive l...,
What are the outputs of extensive...
16  cards
Module 3-ruminant digestion
What are dominant ruminant specie...,
What is a true ruminant digestive...,
What does an extensive microbial ...
16  cards
Module 3-the beef industry
In 2020 how many beef cattle were...,
Where is most of the beef populat...,
How many beef cattle are found in...
15  cards
Module 3-range management
For successfully raising cattle o...,
What are perennial plants,
What are grasses
31  cards
module 3-the range cow
What is the range cow,
What do cow calf producers do,
What are the goals of the cow cal...
42  cards
module 3-away from the range: other types of extensive livestock production
What are pastoralists,
Why do pastoralists raise livestock,
What kind of lands are pastoralis...
30  cards
module 4-what is intensive livestock production
What is an intensive livestock pr...,
What drives intensive livestock p...,
What are the charicteristics of a...
8  cards
module 4-pork production
How much does the pork industry a...,
How many hogs were slaughtered in...,
How many percent of pigs are dest...
33  cards
module 4-poultry production
How does the canadian poultry ind...,
When was the supply managed syste...,
What is the purpose of the supply...
49  cards
Module 4-dairy production
How is the can dairy industry run,
Does canada do much import or exp...,
How is the production of milk reg...
37  cards
module 4-aquaculture
How much of the world s biomass i...,
What is the oceans biomass made u...,
How much does marine species acco...
34  cards
module 5-green house gasses & climate change
What are greenhouse gasses,
What is the greenhouse gas effect,
How do greenhouse gasses work
38  cards
Module 5-livestock production & green house gasses
How much does livestock globally ...,
How much is it estimated livestoc...,
Why is it good to recognize of th...
25  cards
module 5-livestock production and water
How many people in the world live...,
How many people in the would lake...,
How many people die a year from d...
37  cards
Module 5-livestock production and soil quality
Do livestock negatively or positi...,
What is soil organic matter,
What does soil organic matter do ...
28  cards
Module 5-grazing livestock can make the environment better
What things do the environmental ...,
Do well managed pastures release ...,
In a rangeland setting where does...
18  cards
Module 5-mitigating livestocks environmental foot print
What is the most rapidly growing ...,
By value how much does livestock ...,
How much surface on land do lives...
32  cards
Module 6-animal welfare in livestock production
What is the goal with the five fr...,
What basic things must the careta...,
Is it always easy for the five fr...
49  cards
Module 6-animal rights
What is the belief behind animal ...,
What is the end goal or purpose t...,
What kind of human human interact...
13  cards
Module 6-drug use in animal production
What are some reasons drug are us...,
What is a major concern with anti...,
What can lead to antibiotic resis...
55  cards
Module 6-Live stock production & animal biodiversity
What is a concern to livestock pr...,
How many breeds of livestock were...,
How many livestock breeds are at ...
18  cards
Module 6-free range and grass fed
What is the free range and grass ...,
It costs more to raise animals in...,
Does this market contribute much ...
16  cards
Module sustainable agriculture
What are the three components of ...,
What happens if the three compone...,
What is the economic aspect of th...
6  cards
Module 1-Agricultures contribution to food security
Where do most of the impoverished...,
Why is it beneficial that the imp...,
What is agriculture development p...
17  cards
module 1-food security
What are the 4 pillars of food se...,
What are the temporal dimensions ...,
What is chronic food insecurity
13  cards
Module 7-what is milk?
What is milk,
What nutrient groups does milk in...,
What is milk made up of
52  cards
Module 7-fluid milk products and processing
What are the two processing strea...,
What is fluid milk,
What is industrial milk
53  cards
Module 7- industrial milk products
What are industrial milks,
What are the most popular industr...,
How much of the milk in canada is...
26  cards
Module 7-The Canadian dairy industry
How big is the canadian dairy ind...,
How big is the dairy industry,
How many hecto letters of plant p...
33  cards
Module 7-food safety in the dairy industry
Why can milk go bad,
Where does dairy food safety prac...,
What is the on farm quality assur...
11  cards
Module 8-grain introduction
How much energy and protein do gr...,
What are the primary grains for t...,
Why is corn so important
5  cards
what are cereal grains
What are cereal grains,
What are cereal grains the parts ...,
What family do the cereal grains ...
9  cards
module 8-structure and composition of cereal grains
What family in the cereal grains in,
What is the fruit of a cereal gra...,
What is the caryopsis comprised of
22  cards
module 8-wheat
What is wheat a group of and what...,
What is einkorn wheat,
How long has einkorn wheat been e...
57  cards
module 8-wheat processing and products
Why is wheat roller milled,
Why is wheat wet milled,
What are by products of roller mi...
17  cards
Module 8-global wheat production
How much crop land is saskatchewa...,
Ho many crops were grown in saska...,
How much is the value of saskatch...
6  cards
Module 8-corn
How long ago was teosinte was dom...,
What became today s corn,
Where do teosintes still grow nat...
36  cards
Module 8- corn processing and products
How is most corn used,
What is wet milling,
What is wet milled food used for
26  cards
Module 8-corn production
In 2020 how much corn was produced,
How many percent of the worlds co...,
What are the three largest produc...
6  cards
Module 8-global rice production
What is the global production of ...,
Where is most of the rice in the ...,
With in asia how much rice does c...
6  cards
Module 8-rice processing and products
What is the main product derived ...,
What form is rice harvested in,
How is the hull removed
23  cards
Module 8-rice
How many people is rice a staple ...,
Where is rice native to,
How long ago was rice first culti...
48  cards
Module 9-fat biochemistry
What re edible fats and oils made of,
What is the distinction between f...,
Where can fats and oils be derive...
50  cards
Module 9-what are oil seeds?
What are oil seeds,
How much oil is contained in a oi...,
What are oil seeds grown for
10  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (palm oil)
What is the fasted growing oilsee...,
How is the global production of p...,
In recent years how much palm oil...
21  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (Soybeans)
What is a soybean and where were ...,
Why is soybean considered the mos...,
Where is half of the worlds soybe...
32  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (canola)
What is canola production like in...,
What acids are found in canola oil,
What is erucic acid
24  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (sunflower)
What is sunflower oil produced by,
What is sunflower oil,
What is the oil content of a sunf...
17  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (peanut/ground nut)
What family does the peanut plant...,
Where is the peanut native to,
Where is the peanut grown today
11  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (cottonseed)
Where is cotton seed from,
How much oil is present in cotton...,
How is cotton seed oil extracted
10  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (coconut palm)
How is coconut oil produced,
What is the coconut meal by produ...,
What oil is coconut oil very simi...
4  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (flax/linseed)
How much of the worlds crop does ...,
When is the term linseed oil used...,
How much oil if found in flaxseed...
19  cards
Module 9-oil seed species (cocoa bean)
How is cocoa butter oil made,
What else is cocoa butter oil ref...,
What is a characteristic of cocoa...
8  cards
Module 9-oil seed prosessing
What are the steps of oil extraction,
What is the purpose of primary pr...,
What determines the specific need...
46  cards
Module 9-pulse crops
What are pulses,
What family are pulses in,
What are legumes
25  cards
Module 10-meat consumption
What was a recent global meat con...,
Compared to 50 years ago how much...,
What species really contributed t...
27  cards
Module 10-what is meat?
What would most of us consider meat,
What is offal,
What are the most frequently cons...
65  cards
Module 10-red meat, white meat
How is meat often broadly classified,
What is red an white meat referre...,
What is the reason for the origin...
24  cards
Module 10-primal meat cuts
What account for the different pr...,
What is one of the main factors w...,
What is the roll of the proceser ...
61  cards
Module 10-canadian meat grading system
Why is meat graded,
What is the purpose of grading meat,
What are the benefits of grading
42  cards
Module 10-canadian meat grading system (pork)
In response to consumer demand fo...,
What kind of pork carcass will re...,
What is the average carcass index...
11  cards
Module 10-canadian meat grading system (chicken)
What species does the canadian po...,
What form of the bird is the grad...,
What are the three grades of poul...
11  cards
Module 11-The Evolution of the Meat Packing Industry
What is the meat packing industry...,
When where slaughter regulations ...,
When were slaughter regulations i...
15  cards
Module 11-meat quality
Why is meat quality a function of...,
What influences the regarding the...,
What is overall meat quality infl...
83  cards
Module 11-meat processing
When does meat processing start,
What are the two levels of animal...,
What does the level of processing...
69  cards
Module 11-meat or not
What has happened to the global d...,
How will the increase in plant pr...,
Why is animal protein expected to...
14  cards
Module 11-food safety in the meat industry
Whos responsibility is meat safety,
How is meat safety everyone s res...,
Why is it important for meat to b...
52  cards
Module 12-biofuel from crops
What are biofuels derived from,
What are some benefits of replaci...,
Are biofuels a renewable resource...
73  cards
Module 12-Genetically modified crops
What have genetically modified cr...,
If something has been genetically...,
What were crops that had desired ...
34  cards

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