Food and Agriculture Review

A condition that occurs when people do not consume enough calories or variety of foods.

• Famine
• Malnutrition
• Diet
• Yield

What may NOT lead to desertification of farmland?

• no-till farming
• over grazing cattle
• soil erosion

Genetic engineering of food crops

• is only done on corn
• is only done on soy
• is only done with Round-Up ready genes
• Is done with Round-Up and Bt genes mostly

Increases in crop yields during the green revolution resulted in part from

• biological pest control
• new crop varieties
• new pest resistant crops
• new fertilizers

The upper layer of soils that contains organic material, rocks, water, and air.

• surface layer
• topsoil
• bottom soil
• topdirt

Goats, pigs, cows, chickens, and sheep are all examples of what?

• Livestock
• Ruminants

The raising of aquatic organisms for human use.

• marine aquaculture
• freshwater aquaculture
• Both 

A diet that is high in lipids/fats and proteins would imply living in a ____________.

• developed nation
• developing nation
• least developed nation
• undercooked nation

Arable land is best described as ___________.

• degraded
• desertified
• suitable for farming
• covered in building

Compost is a type of fertilizer, mainly composed of __________.

• cow or sheep manure
• decaying plant matter
• rotting meat
• industrial chemicals