Food security and the environment

What is the root cause of food insecurity?

• insufficient food resources

• climate change

• ​poverty

• poor organization

The term chronic malnutrition refers to people who ____.​

• produce insufficient hormones for metabolic functioning

• are vegetarians

• suffer from lack of protein and other key nutrients

• eat too much protein​

What nutrition problem affects 69% of adults and 33% of children in the United States?​

• malnutrition

• under nutrition

• overnutrition​

• micronutrition

Approximately two out of three people in the world primarily survive on which three foods?​

• beef, dairy, and cereals

• rice, wheat, and corn

• beef, fish, and chicken

• meats, cheese, and bread

What is the type of agriculture most likely to be found in developing countries?​

• maximum-tillage agriculture

• traditional subsistence agriculture

• industrialized agriculture

• minimum-tillage agriculture

What is the type of agriculture most likely to be found in developed countries?​

• plantation agriculture

• traditional agriculture

• industrialized agriculture

• minimum-tillage agriculture

What proportion of food products sold on U.S. supermarket shelves contains some form of genetically engineered crop?​

• almost all food

• almost one-half

• just a few percent

• at least 80%​

why do our economic systems promote unsustainable forms of industrialized agriculture?​

• They are so successfully at providing healthy food to our populations

• The harmful environmental and health costs of food production are not reflected in market prices.

• The food production is efficient enough to justify the negative consequences

• They are extremely effective in cutting costs.

Most soil erosion is caused by ____.​

• water

• wind

• human activities

• climate change

What causes soil salinization?​

• desertification

• repeated irrigation in dry climates

• continual application of fertilizers that contain salt compounds

• continual application of fertilizers that contain salt compounds