The Omnivore's Dilemma Chp. 4-7 Lampkin

In Chapter 4, what was the large yellow pyramid that Michael Pollan spoke of?

• cows

• bananas

• corn

• hay

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The industrial food chain did not look at corn as food, they looked at it as something that could be bought and sold called

• silos

• a commodity

• a grain elevator

• a consumer

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Cows are taken to CAFOs. What is another name for a CAFO?

• a grain elevator

• a mill

• an industrial food chain

• a feedlot

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Cows have evolved to eat grass

• True

• False

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What kind of text tells a story?

• Compare/Contrast

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Explanatory

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Cows have a specialized second stomach call a what?

• ruminant

• reticulum

• rumen

• omasum

Cows raised on corn take longer to grow than cattle raised on grass.

• True

• False

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"Compared to all the other things we feed cattle these days, corn seems positively wholesome". Why does corn seem wholesome?

• Because it is a vegetable

• Because cows are fed corn, tallow, and chicken litter

• Because grass is not an alternative for cows to eat

• Because corn doesn't make them sick

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Why is almost all of the cattle in the feedlot sick?

• Their corn-based diet

• They get bloat

• They get acidosis

• All of the answers

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Wet mills are used to make processed food. What kind of mill is used to grind grains into meal or flour?

• wind mill

• water mill

• dry mill

• tread mill

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