Vocabulary Jeopardy

This element is found in fertilizers, but using too much of it can pollute our air and waterways.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Methane

In the book, Michael Pollan follows four _________ ___________: Industrial, Industrial Organic, Local Sustainable, and Hunter-Gatherers.

• Food Chains

• Food Circles

• Crop Yields

• Restaurant Tours

Pollan states, "There are forty-five thousand items in the average American supermarket more than a quarter of them now contain _______."

• Salt

• Nitrogen

• Corn

• Flour

What is the second major crop grown in the industrial food chain?

• Corn

• Carrots

• Wheat

• Soybeans

Which type of seed has taken farming a step further and promises even more corn than hybrid seed?

• Regular old fashion seeds

• GMOs

• MSGs

How many pecks are in a bushel of corn?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

True or False?

George Naylor refuses to use GMO seeds on his farm.

• True

• False

The average American farmer today grows enough food to feed ____ other people.

• 12

• 1000

• 140

• 3

After WWII, the US had a surplus of ammonium nitrate (the main ingredient in explosives) and decided to use it as __________.

• Pesticides

• Fertilizer

• Irrigation

The industrial farm is using up (more or less) energy than it is producing.

• More

• Less