Deck 7: Energy Efficient Kitchens

Question 1

What is the provision of nutritious food that maintains a healthy and active life and respects the environment?

A) Food security
B) Sustainable agriculture
C) Unsustainable agriculture
D) None of these answers is correct

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the forms of environmental degradation from the unsustainable inputs of global food production?

A) Falling water tables
B) Deterioration of pasture
C) Soil erosion
D) Flood

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons making it more difficult to increase food production?

A) Crop-withering temperature increases
B) Irrigation wells running dry
C) Trouble with agricultural machine
D) A rapidly expanding population

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which country did take the unusual step of buying or leasing land in other countries on which to grow grain for itself?

A) USA
B) South Korea
C) Japan
D) UK

Question 5

What are Western Europe's three largest wheat-producing countries?

A) UK, France and Switzerland
B) UK, France and Germany
C) France, Germany and Switzerland
D) France, UK and Italy

Question 6

What is the solution for increasing global food yields?

A) Smallholder farms
B) Large-scale commercial farming
C) Agro-industrializing
D) More than one of these

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of effects from exposure to persistent organic compounds such as dioxins on humans?

A) Higher cancer risk
B) Endocrine disruption
C) Alteration of the immune system
D) More than one of these

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of three most pollutant heavy metals?

A) Cadmium
B) Lead
C) Formaldehyde
D) Mercury

Question 9

Heavy metal poisoning could result from:

A) Drinking-water contamination (e.g. lead pipes)
B) High ambient air concentrations near emission sources
C) Intake via the food chain
D) More than one of these

Question 10

Mercury poisoning is associated with:

A) Osteoporosis
B) Osteomalacia
C) Gingivitis
D) Damage to the kidneys

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the potential weight-related conditions resulted from the obesity?

A) Gingivitis
B) Heart disease
C) Diabetes
D) Certain cancers

Question 12

The percentages of obesity of men and women in the UK are now:

A) 24% of women and 22% of men
B) 22% of men and 24% of women
C) 65% of men and 56% of women
D) 56% of men and 65% of women

Question 13

What is the recommendation of a daily protein allowance from the World Health Organization?

A) 50g from meat
B) 50g from a mixed diet
C) 56g from a mixed diet
D) 65g from a mixed diet

Question 14

Repeated exposure to pesticides can increase the risk of developing:

A) Breast cancer
B) Skin cancer
C) Lung cancer
D) More than one of these

Question 15

Why is soy prized for use in animal feed for poultry, pigs and other intensively reared animals that require fast growth in order to produce large meat, egg and milk yield?

A) These animal enjoy soy
B) It includes many essential nutrients
C) It provides a cheap source of protein
D) More than one of these

Question 16

Which of the following is the biggest threat to the remaining Amazon rainforest, a fifth of which has been lost since 1970?

A) Fisheries
B) Cattle farming
C) Agriculture
D) More than one of these

Question 17

How does the Western diet, with its high consumption of fish, meat and dairy products, endanger the environment?

A) The ocean's fish stocks are in decline
B) The ocean's fish stocks are increasing
C) Croplands are increasing
D) More than one of these

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT the description of Green Revolution?

A) It involves the development of high-yielding wheat, rice, and corn varieties
B) It refers to tropicalization around the world from global warming, beginning most markedly in the late 1990s
C) It deals with an increase in agriculture production around the world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s
D) All of these answers are correct

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a true description of the relationship between farms workers or children living on farms and their health condition?

A) Farms workers' average life expectancy is higher than people in general
B) Increased cancer rates were found among children living on farm
C) Banana workers in Nicaragua suffered adverse disease resulting from the use of pesticide
D) All of these answers are correct

Question 20

Why do farmers try to concentrate farm animals in the smallest space possible?

A) It takes less space on the farm
B) The farm animals gain weight as quickly as possible
C) The farm animals feel more comfortable
D) None of these answers is correct