Food crops

Approximately 75% of the world’s agricultural land is devoted to raising animals, including cropland devoted to animal feed and pasture for grazing land.

• True

• False

Plantains and bananas belong to the same family.

• True

• False

The primary difference between bananas and plantains - plantains are eaten cooked , bananas are often eaten raw.

• False

• True

More of Earth’s surface is covered by wheat than by any other food crop.

• True

• False

Rice is the primary crop and food staple of more than half the world’s population.

• False

• True

Cereals account for more than half of the world’s harvested area.

• True

• False

Cereals are grain-producing grasses. Which of the below are cereals?

• wheat

• rice

• maize

• all of the above

Croplands cover 1.53 billion hectares on Earth.

• False

• True

Which continent is the world’s largest rice-producing and rice-consuming region

• Asia

• Africa

• Americas

• Europe

A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested for food or profit.

• False

• True