Food Security pre-learning quiz

What is a kilojoule?

• A unit that measure how much energy people get from consuming a food or drink.

• The type of energy created by a light bulb

• The type of energy we create when we eat something

• A unit that is used to measure intelligence

How many kilojoules do you think adults are recommended to eat in one day?

• 2,700

• 10,700

• 8,700

• 100,700

Do all people around the world at the recommended amount of energy (kilojoules) each day?

• Yes of course

• No, absolutely not

Why do you think people don't eat the right amount of food?

• Many people live in poverty

• Many people over-eat

• People may not have education about healthy nutrition

• People may not have food available to them, despite how wealthy they are.

• All of these are true

What do you think 'food security' means?

• How safe food is

• The availability of food and people's access to it.

• How healthy food is

• How expensive or cheap food is

So, what might 'food insecurity' mean?

• Being without reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food.

• Having unsafe food

• Only having unhealthy food... too much Maccas!

• None of these

Why might food insecurity happen?

• Poor crop growing conditions in biomes due to climate change

• Poverty

• Large companies stealing land from small farms to grow their crops

• All of these are reasons for food insecurity

How might biomes relate to food insecurity?

• Biomes need to be healthy to be able to grow food

• Biomes don't relate to food insecurity, what a silly question

• Certain biomes can only grow certain food crops

• Biomes can't produce enough food to feed the whole world

Can the world produce enough food to feed everybody?

• Yes

• No

So then... if the world can produce enough food, why are so many people still starving and living in poverty?