IB ESS 5.2 Terrestrial food production and food choices

Food waste is

• prevalent in MEDCs only

• prevalent in LEDCs only

• prevalent in both MEDCs and LEDCs

• not an issue of concern

Farming with high inputs and high outputs

• subsistence

• family-operated

• intensive

• traditional

Monoculture involves

• one crop species only

• low biodiversity system

• low resilience system

• high prevalence of diseas

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which list contains only farm inputs?

• antibiotics, water, methane

• seeds, breeding stock, pollutants

• fertilisers, labour, seeds

• water, seeds, produce for export

Which list contains only outputs?

• fertilizers, water, pesticides

• pollutants, milk, food for human consumption

• pollutants, labour, greenhouse gases

• antibiotics, soil degradation, pesticides

Polyculture means

• growing only one crop

• growing crops from polynesia

• growing several different crops

• growing multicultural crops

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Select all answer which are environmental impacts of farming

• soil erosion

• habitat loss

• reduction in biodiversity

• pollution

• ozone hole depletion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The process of growing plants in water and nutrients (without soil) is known as

• selective breeding

• hydroponics

• GMO

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

GMO stands for

• generally monoculture organisations

• general management order

• genetically modified organisms

• Gerald Mary and others

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Sustainable food production involves

• using resources at the rate at which they are generated

• using resources at the rate at which they are generated without damaging the environment

• ensuring all people have equal access to food

• Not producing pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3