What does GMO stand for?

Genetically Mass-produced Option

What is the main idea of chapter 2?

The growth of corn as a staple crop in the American farm through GMO and hybridization

The effectiveness of government regulation on the farming industry

George Naylor's struggle against GMO corn seed

What is the major advantage of today's corn hybrids?

They allow more crops and higher yields per acre than non-hybrid seed

Corn hybrids are healthier and tastier

They allow for more varieties of corn to be grown together, spreading out a farmer's profits

Corn hybrids make dense fields, perfect for making corn mazes

What is the main ingredient used as fertilizer on the industrial food chain?

Nitrogen, from ammonium nitrate

What normally creates nitrogen in the soil?

Sunlight, decaying matter, and bacteria

In chapter 4, where does the author state our use of ammonium nitrate as fertilizer began?

After WWII, from the excess bombs

After WWI, from the spare chemical weapons

By accident in a lab in the 1930's

What are major issues with soil that is overly fertilized?

Damage to the water supply, acid rain, increases climate change.

Makes next year's crops harder to grow and need more fertilizer.

The soil erodes more easily and requires more maintenance

Animals can die from walking on it

Why did the government begin to subsidize farms in the 1930s?

To help combat the Great Depression

To encourage more people to move west

To protect the large banks that were invested in the farms

To ensure that the Native Americans would have enough corn

What is a grain elevator, and what does it do?

Buys and stores crops, processes corn into meal

Raises and lowers the cost of corn according to the government subsidaries

Moves grain from the field to the store

Lifts crops up so they are closer to the sun

How does today's corn get from the field to the grain elevator to the company?

Large equipment like tractors, trains, and trucks

Carried by the farmer in burlap sacks

The grain elevator takes it and moves it

Why is corn stored in the grain elevator called "No. 2 Field Corn"?

It indicates corn that will be made into feed, not sold

It comes from the second field not the first

It is of a lower quality than No. 1 corn

It is the type of hybrid seed most commonly used.

What does CAFO stand for?

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

Coordinating Animal Food Organization

Connected Animal Friend Operation

Why are cows fed corn?

It is cheaper and speeds up their growth

Corn is a healthier option for cattle

It is easier to administer medicine to cows in corn

Why can't feedlot operators used the manure of the cattle to fertilize?

It is toxic from the additives in the cow feed

There's too much of it and it would over-fertilize the fields

It costs too much to ship the manure out

Manure is never used as a fertlizer

Which is not a reason the author gives for why corn-fed beef is bad for us?

Corn-fed beef goes bad more quickly

It exposes us to new bacteria if that beef is not cooked all the way through

It is very unhealthy for the cows themselves

Additives to the corn can cause diseases, which are treated with antibiotics, which may still be in the beef

How much more will people (and animals) eat, if given supersized portions?

Double what they otherwise would

What is the central idea of chapter 7?

Food processing companies take cheaply made food and "add value" to it to resell at profit

Organic food doesn't seem to be as natural as the labels claim

Corn is in everything we eat, buy, and do

That "adding value" is the only way that corn farmers in the United States have a chance at making a profit

Why is obesity a growing concern in the US?

Because cheap processed food is sold in supersized portions with minimal nutritional value

Because the average American is making more money and spending more on cheap food

Because fast food restaurants are the only places to eat in the busy lifestyles of American culture

Because teenagers won't stop playing Fortnite long enough to eat dinner that's not fast food

Which of these is not "adding value"

Selling the product just as it comes out of the ground

Making the product more convenient by freezing, etc.

What is the author's concern at the end of the first section?

That the industrial food chain, in spite of its problems, is the source of most American's food

That the industrial food chain is making food that isn't really food

That the industrial food chain is ruining the envirionment

That the industrial food chain is going to collapse

Omnivore's Dilemma Part 1 Quiz Review

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English

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8th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.8.2, RI.7.5, RL.8.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the omnivore's dilemma?

We don't know what we're eating

We don't know what we should eat

Food is sometimes hard to come by

We eat when we're not hungry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following items in a supermarket likely contain corn?

Diapers

Soda

Beef

All of these

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main idea of chapter 1?

That corn is the first part of the industrial food chain

That corn was created from maize through hybridization

That cattle are kept in squalid conditions

That we should eat more fast food

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which food chain is responsible for most of the food in a supermarket or fast food restaurant?

Industrial

Industrial Organic

Hunter-Gatherer

Local Sustainable

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What factor most strongly led to corn taking over the small farm?

It's adaptability and ease of hybridization

It's low cost and ease of stockpiling

It's height and golden color

It's sweet and delicious flavor

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do today's industrial farmers get their seeds?

Large food processing companies

From leftover crops

From specialized organic seeds

At Walmart

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why must farmers buy new seeds every time they plant?

Because hybrid seeds only work one generation

Because new seeds are the only ones that grow well

Because it's cheaper than making seeds

Because GMO seeds are unhealthy

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

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Omnivore's Dilemma Part 1 Quiz Review

35 questions

What is the omnivore's dilemma?

Which of the following items in a supermarket likely contain corn?

What is the main idea of chapter 1?

Which food chain is responsible for most of the food in a supermarket or fast food restaurant?

What factor most strongly led to corn taking over the small farm?

Where do today's industrial farmers get their seeds?

Why must farmers buy new seeds every time they plant?

What is the name of the plant from which corn is derived?

What does GMO stand for?

What is the main idea of chapter 2?

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