Deck 9: Food and Hunger

Question 1

Undernourished parents often raise children who are undernourished because the parents

A)Transfer genetic deficiencies to their children.
B)Do not know any better.
C)Cannot afford to feed their children properly.
D)Do not have access to the information about nutrition.
E)All of these are reasons for the vicious cycle.

Answer 1

Cannot afford to feed their children properly.

Question 2

Increases in maize and soy production have led to _________.

A)an increase in healthy grain products at a reduced cost.
B)the removal of government farm subsidy programs.
C)cheap ethanol fuel.
D)an increased consumption of meat.

Answer 2

an increased consumption of meat.

Question 3

The three crops that humans rely on for the majority of nutrients and calories are

A)Potatoes, wheat, and oats
B)Wheat, rice, and maize
C)Barley, oats, and rye
D)Maize, oats, and rice
E)Oats, beans, and barley

Answer 3

Wheat, rice, and maize

Question 4

Which of the following does NOT describe the status of the world's wild fisheries?

A)Overharvesting threatens the fisheries.
B)Subsidies are necessary to make the fisheries profitable.
C)Fish farming has allowed some wild fish to recover worldwide.
D)Habitat destruction threatens the fisheries.
E)All of these describe the status of wild fisheries.

Question 5

Most of the livestock grown in North America are

A)Confined in CAFOs.
B)Held in pasture year-round.
C)Kept in pastures during the day and barns at night.
D)Kept in pastures during the summer and barns during the winter.
E)Exported to Europe after slaughter.

Question 6

Globally, how much of the produced cereals (grains) are fed to livestock?

A)1/3
B)1/2
C)1/10
D)1/4

Question 7

People can suffer malnourishment if they consume large amounts of ______ instead of _______.

A)Fat and sugar; vitamins and protein
B)Proteins; carbohydrates
C)Vitamins; protein
D)Proteins and minerals; vitamins
E)Fiber; processed foods

Question 8

People who subsist on starchy foods, such as cassava, potatoes, and white rice

A)Often receive insufficient protein.
B)Are usually severely overweight.
C)Have the healthiest possible diet.
D)Are sure to meet all their nutritional needs.
E)Are usually suffering from goiter.

Question 9

What are two common diseases that result from protein deficiencies?

A)Dysentery and diarrhea
B)Dysentery and scurvy
C)Scurvy and pellagra
D)Goiter and cretinism
E)Marasmus and kwashiorkor

Question 10

Vitamin A deficiencies are associated with

A)Anemia
B)Weak bones
C)A lack of energy, or listlessness
D)Poorly developed neural systems in embryos
E)Blindness

Question 11

If fishing demands continue at the current rate, by which year will the world's major fisheries collapse?

A)2075
B)2125
C)2050
D)2100

Question 12

Anemia is a common disease resulting from a shortage of dietary

A)Protein
B)Iodine
C)Iron
D)Vitamin A
E)Folic acid

Question 13

Food security has to do with

A)A country's dependence on cash crop exports.
B)Preventing wars over diminishing food supplies.
C)The ability of a population to obtain food on a day-to-day basis.
D)The total volume of food a country imports.
E)The total volume of aid a country receives.

Question 14

A drawback of aquaculture in net pens is ______________.

A)increased feces and waste in localized shoreline area.
B)increased disease transmission between the farmed fish and the native fish in the area.
C)escape of exotic species into new ecosystems.
D)All of these are correct.

Question 15

Obesity affects primarily

A)poor, developing nations.
B)island nations.
C)sub-Saharan Africa.
D)wealthy, developed nations.

Question 16

Which of the following can drive up food costs?

A)Futures markets
B)Non-food end use of commodity crops, such as ethanol production from maize
C)Exporting food for higher profits
D)Floods, droughts, and storms
E)All of these can cause increases in the price of food.

Question 17

Famines are most often serious when there is

A)A very serious drought.
B)No room to expand agriculture.
C)Steady population growth.
D)Armed conflict and political oppression.
E)An attempt by indigenous people to return to old traditions and lands.

Question 18

Food aid policies of rich nations can exacerbate famine and hunger problems in poor nations because

A)it robs the government of the poor country of valuable tax revenue.
B)the local farmers of the poor nation are forced out of business by the free or cheap food and the economy cannot stabilize properly.
C)it creates more fighting over food.
D)it causes no problems.

Question 19

____ percent of adult Americans are overweight.

A)23
B)40
C)80
D)64
E)90

Question 20

Most humans rely on just a few of the world's animal and plant species for food because only a few

A)Are edible.
B)Are available.
C)Have been discovered.
D)Food types are what we are accustomed to eating.
E)All of these are true.

Question 21

Fifty years ago, there were several hundred varieties of wheat grown in the Middle East.Now a few of the more modern high responder varieties have replaced the indigenous species.What are the implications of this change?

A)The productivity of wheat should continue to rise and increase the availability of food per person.
B)Genetic resources are diminished and an epidemic of wheat disease is more likely due to the reliance on few species.
C)The high responder varieties will need specialized harvesting methods because they are so productive.
D)The biodiversity of wheat species has increased because of the introduction of few hybrid species.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 22

Chronically undernourished people's diets do not provide 2,200 kcal per day on a long-term basis.

Question 23

High responder crops of the green revolution produce tremendous yields

A)Even in severe drought conditions.
B)With primitive farming techniques and no chemical use.
C)In response to fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation.
D)In all conditions where standard crops fail.
E)Even in severe drought conditions and with primitive farming techniques and no chemical use.

Question 24

U.S.farm subsidies allow crops to be sold at an average of ____________________.

A)only 5% above the cost of production.
B)35% below the cost of production.
C)10% below the cost of production.
D)20% below the cost of production.

Question 25

Worldwide, traditional, and native varieties of food crops have __________ since the introduction of green revolution varieties.

A)Become more widespread
B)Stayed about the same in terms of use
C)Been slightly influenced by new varieties
D)Been widely replaced by new varieties
E)Spread from region to region, leading to increased diversity

Question 26

What percentage of processed food in the U.S.contains a GMO ingredient?

A)60%
B)50%
C)0%, GMO's are outlawed in food.
D)80%

Question 27

One of the ecological benefits associated with aquaculture is the organic material generated from the aquaculture tanks.The nutrients increase the health and productivity of the surrounding natural ecosystem.

Question 28

The first genetically modified animal for human consumption is a salmon with extra growth hormones.Which of the following is NOT a concern about this animal?

A)They will probably outcompete wild salmon for mates.
B)Eating this fish will add extra hormones into our diet.
C)They will probably outcompete wild salmon for food.
D)They will probably outcompete wild salmon for habitat.
E)These are all worries about the GM salmon.

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of GMO crops?

A)Pollen containing the engineered gene spreading to other crops that do not contain the engineered gene, making them stronger.
B)Herbicide resistance
C)Disease resistance
D)Pest resistance
E)Drought resistance

Question 30

Buying shade grown coffee and cocoa has a minimal effect on local ecosystems where they are grown.

Question 31

The Harvard food pyramid recommends 6-11 servings of bread, rice, cereal, and pasta.

Question 32

Agricultural cropland is shrinking worldwide.

Question 33

Consider the following statement: Geneticists working in genetic recombination are technological optimists.In your explanation, discuss why this statement is true.Describe genetic recombination and technological optimists, and provide supporting evidence.

Question 34

Agricultural (farm) subsidies are especially effective in helping preserve small "family farms."

Question 35

An important role of the CRP is to

A)Pay for research and development of irrigation systems for farmlands.
B)Bring new land into production for agriculture.
C)Regulate rotation of croplands.
D)Pay farmers to take highly erodible land out of production.
E)All of these are correct.