Ch 15 Exit quiz

Widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food

• Malnutrition
• Yield
• Famine
• Diet

A condition when people don't get enough food or nutrients

• Famine
• Malnutrition
• Diet
• Ruminant

The amount of food that can be produced in a given area.

• Compost
• Genetic engineering
• Aquaculture
• Yield

The surface layer of soil

• Topsoil
• Arable land
• Erosion
• Compost

Wearing away of rock or soil by wind and water.

• Compost
• Yield
• Desertification
• Erosion

When land becomes more desertlike because of human activity or climate change.

• Erosion
• Desertification
• Salinization
• Compost

Accumulation of salts in the soil

• Erosion
• Pesticide
• Desertification
• Salinization

Modifying a cell for medical or industrial use

• Pesticide
• Genetic engineering
• Domesticated
• Livestock

Animals bred and managed for human use

• Domesticated
• Livestock
• Ruminant
• Aquaculture

Raising organisms in water for human use or consumption

• Aquaculture
• Livestock
• Genetic engineering
• Domesticated